Roman Bronze Works
American
Notable Position | Person | From | To |
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Founder | Riccardo Bertelli | 1897 |
Notable Position | Person | From | To |
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Founder | Riccardo Bertelli | 1897 |
Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
1899/00/00 | Riccardo Bertelli establishes the Roman Bronze Works in Brooklyn, New York. The first American foundry to specialize exclusively in the lost-wax method using a malleable gelatin mold which allows greater detail over sand casting. | Established | |||||
1900/00/00 | Circa 1900, Frederic Remington moves his Broncho Buster model to Roman Bronze Works for casting in the lost-wax method. He changed the rider's stirrup to flare out to the side and his right hand angled down at the rear of his horse, whose tail flips up. | Foundry | |||||
1908/00/00 | Home and artist's studio built for Henry Shrady | Builder | Leo Friedlander Studio | Greenburgh, NY | |||
1909/00/00 | Presented by the late Col Robert Means Thompson in memory of the Class of 1868, sculpted by Evelyn Beatrice Longman and cast by Roman Bronze Works and Gorham Manufacturing Bronze doors and lintel are installed at Naval Academy Chapel. | Foundry | Naval Academy Chapel | US Naval Academy | |||
1919/11/11 | Dedication of Toronto's Soldiers and Sailors Monument | Caster | Toronto World War I Monument | Toronto | |||
1924/00/00 | Leo Lentelli finishes Henry Shrady's sculpture of Robert E Lee, cast at the Roman Bronze Works | Caster | Robert Edward Lee Sculpture, Charlottesville, Virginia | ||||
1933/00/00 | Samuel Gompers Memorial is dedicated to labor leader Samuel Gompers. Bronze sculpture group is created between 1930 and 1933. | Foundry | Samuel Gompers Memorial | Washington, DC | |||
1947/00/00 | Evans' bronze statue of Thomas Jefferson is installed. | Foundry | Thomas Jefferson Memorial | Washington, DC |
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