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  • Collection: Harriet Tubman Monuments

Harriet Tubman (Salisbury University, MD)

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Harriet Tubman wears a nineteenth-century inspired dress. On her left shoulder sits a saw-whet owl, at her right foot rests a rabbit. She extends her right arm into the air, perpendicular to her body. Ten seashells are sculpted into the base of the…

Harriet Tubman Statue (St. Catharines, Ontario)

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Portrait sculpture of Harriet Tubman, seated in a chair and holding a book in her hand.

Harriet Tubman Bust (St. Catharines, Ontario)

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Half bust portrait of Harriet Tubman.

Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial (New York City)

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Over-life size portrait sculpture of Harriet Tubman. Signed by the artist: A. Saar, 2006. Foundry stamp: DS/Decker Studios.

Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial (reduced version--Scripps College, Claremont, CA)

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Portrait sculpture of Harriet Tubman based on the full-scale Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial in New York City.

Araminta With Rifle and Veve (Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ)

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A monumental outdoor figure of Harriet Tubman armed with a long rifle and further fortified with a bronze-colored patina. Tubman stands on numerous quilts.

Graffiti Harriet (Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ)

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A monumental sculpture of Harriet Tubman made of soil, clay, and straw, is scrawled with the words from Frederick Douglass. The sculpture is made from perishable materials, meant to dissolve over the winter. Scott designed the sculpture so that…