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Stephen Neal (bust) : ウィキペディア英語版 | Stephen Neal (bust)
''Stephen Neal'' is a public artwork by Indiana artist Clara Barth Leonard. It is located in the Indiana Statehouse, which is in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The subject of the work is Stephen Neal, a member of the Indiana State Legislature and a Judge of the Boone County Circuit Court during the mid-to-late-19th century, as well as being the author of the original draft of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The bronze bust is located on the second floor of the Indiana Statehouse 〔Indiana State Museum. ''Bust of Stephen Neal'', ID 99.2006.020.0074. 11 April 2006. Retrieved from Indiana State Museum Mimsy Database 20 November 2010.〕 in a waist-high limestone niche, and faces West towards North Senate Avenue. ==Description==
''Stephen Neal'' is a bronze sculpture 27 inches (68.58 cm) high, 24 inches (60.96 cm) wide and 15 inches (38.1 cm) deep〔 which depicts an elderly man wearing a shirt and vest, a formal frock coat with wide lapels and a stock tie.〔Indiana State Museum, ''Stephen Neal'' ID 99.2006.020.0074, 11 April 2006, Retrieved from Indiana State Museum Mimsy Database 20 November 2010.〕 The subject, Stephen Neal, has a beaked nose, furrowed brow, deep-set eyes and sunken cheeks. His hair is parted on the proper left, and its ends brush the tops of his ears. He directs his gaze up and towards the proper left over the viewer's right shoulder.〔 The proper right shoulder of the bust droops slightly lower than the proper left. On the proper left side of the base, which is roughly modeled, the artist has signed her name, along with the date that the artwork was completed. In cursive script, it reads 'Clara Barth Leonard,' with the year '1907' carved into the bronze just beneath the signature. Three blocks of limestone, each successively smaller, are cemented into the limestone niche which houses the bust. The base of the bust sits on top of the smallest block, in the middle and towards the front, roughly 2" from the ledge. A bronze plaque identifying the subject of the sculpture is located below the bust in the middle of the topmost limestone block. Its inscription reads:
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