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Charles Avery

Object number2001.16.1 a,b

Date1860

MediumPlaster, wood

Credit LineGift of Avery Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

DescriptionFull size white plaster statue depicting a man dressed in a suit and tie. His left hand is resting on a stack of books on a small wood stand. His left foot iis placed in front of his right.Historical NotesLife-size plaster statue of Charles Avery from the Avery Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. This statue was probably a working model for New York based sculptor Louis Verhaegan, who was commissioned by a number of Pennsylvania Republicans to sculpt a marble cemetery monument for Avery's grave in Allegheny Cemetery. Avery was a Pittsburgh industrialist who was an active antislavery proponent. Most notably he constructed on his property the Allegheny Institute and Mission Church, a building that housed a college for African Americans and a meeting space for what eventually became the Avery Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.

Related person Charles Avery (1784 - 1858)

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