Blind Homer with His Student Guide
| Homer | |
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| Artist | Moses Jacob Ezekiel |
| Year | 1907 |
| Type | Bronze |
| Dimensions | 170 cm × 90 cm × 140 cm (67 in × 35 in × 55 in) |
| Location | Charlottesville |
| 38°2′00″N 78°30′27″W / 38.03333°N 78.50750°W | |
| Owner | University of Virginia |
Blind Homer With His Student Guide is a bronze sculpture by Moses Jacob Ezekiel in the likeness of the blind poet Homer, author of the Iliad, accompanied by a student guide. Ezekiel completed the statue in 1907 on a commission from John Woodruff Simpson as a gift for Amherst College, his alma mater.[1] For reasons unknown the gift was refused, and Thomas Nelson Page, a Virginia alumnus who was active in the UVA Alumni Association, stepped in to secure the gift of the statue to UVa instead.[2] Ezekiel completed the work in his Rome studio and donated a five foot tall black marble pedestal upon which the statue was originally installed.[3] [4]
The statue is installed on The Lawn, in the grass to the north of Old Cabell Hall.
References
- ^ Bruce, Philip Alexander (1921). History of the University of Virginia. Vol. V. p. 320.
- ^ Roberts, Josie (2000-04-07). "Homer's Odyssey brings him to Lawn". The Cavalier Daily. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
- ^ "Bronzes of Homer and Jefferson". College Topics. 1907-03-23. p. 1. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
- ^ "The Ezekiel Bronzes". The Alumni Bulletin. 7 (2): 188–192. April 1907.
External links
- Addresses on the receiving of the statue, June 10, 1907
- Homer in Smithsonian Institution Art Inventories Catalog
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