Stephen Foster Sculpture

August 20, 1970

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Stephen Foster Sculpture
  • Title
  • Stephen Foster Sculpture
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • August 20, 1970
  • Identifier
  • 20190726-hpiasc-0069
  • Description
  • View of the bronze sculpture by the Italian artist Giuseppe Moretti of the Lawrenceville-native composer Stephen Collins Foster. Completed in 1900 in Highland Park, the sculpture was moved to its current location in 1944 in response to vandalism. It is situated near the intersection of Forbes Avenue and Schenley Drive Extension and the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, across from the Stephen Foster Memorial performing arts center. The sculpture depicts Stephen Foster sitting next to a black slave playing a musical instrument, representing the subject of Stephen Foster's song Old Uncle Ned.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Statues
    Bronze sculpture, Italian
    Parks
    Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2000
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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