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KELLY, James Edward  (1855-1933) sculptor.
          Born New York City, 30 July 1855.
          Specialized in Civil War monuments. Benezit lists
          five auction sales of his relief Sheridan’s Ride.
          Died New York City, 25 May 1933.

          R   E   L   I   E   F   S

1884-5 Pitcher (Molly) Relief [one of five reliefs on
          Monmouth Battle Monument]. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1889 Edison (Thomas Alva) Cast Plaque . . . . . . . . . .
1890 Devin (Thomas C.) [General] Relief . . . . . . . . . .
1896 English (Thomas Dunn) Portrait Relief . . . . . . . . . .
          Auctons: Rago Art & Auction (12 May 2012) [4/7] lot . 332
1898 Dewey (George) Relief. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1902 Worden (John Lorimer Rear Admiral) Relief. . . . . .
1904 Washington (George) in Prayer at Valley Forge Relief
1906 Hayes (Joseph) Relief. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1906 McKinley (William) Relief. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1913 Constantine Relief (cast by Gorham in shield
          shape) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gorham QSS
1914 Fritchie (Barbara) Relief. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1915 Ryder (George Hope MD) Relief. . . . . . . . . . . .
1916 Dorset (Joseph H.) Portrait Relief (cast by Gorham) . .
1918 O’Beirne (James R.) [Brig General] Portrait Relief (cast
          by Gorham) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1924 Rodney Declaring for Independence Reliefs. . . . . .
          C  A  S  T    M   E   D   A   L   S

1879 Edison (Thomas Alva) With First Phonograph Relief. .
1885 Fritchie (Barbara) Medallion . . . . . . . . . . . .
1890 Burgess (Neil) Plaquette (cast and dated  by
Henry Bonnard Foundry). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . .
          Auctions:. . . . . .CAL 29:441; PCA 56:385, PCA 80:1649,
          PCA 81:1830
Auction: Rago Art & Auction (12 May 2012) [1/8] lot .195
1892 Columbus (Christopher) Landing in New World Medal
          [Eglit says signed keltz believed to be kelly
          and DWJ attributes to this artist] . . . . . . . . . . .. . . Eglit 247

          T  A  B  L  E  T  S

1895 Saratoga Battle Monumentr Relief Tablets . . . . . . . . . .

          R  E  P  L  I  C  A  S    &    R  E  I  S  S  U  E  S

1909 Society of Colonial Wars of the State of New York
          Colonial Washington Plaquette (after Charles Wilson
          Peale painting). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Baker Y-200
          Auctions: Rago Art & Auction (12 May 2012) [1/9] lot 145
          Collection: American Numismatic Society . 0000.999.39470
   
Portrait plaque of Kelly by M. Bianchi:              
          1932 Kelly (James Edward) Plaque . . . . . . . . .  

          A  R  C  H   I  V  E  S

AAA Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1.4 linear ft.
          on 2 microfilm reels: 1876-1877.
GA Gorham Company Archives.

          B I O G R A P H I C A L  R E F E R E N C E S

Px  [1892} Portrait of a Hero [description of John L.Worden relief], The Collector 3:19 (15 September 1892) p 292.
D5  {1915} Earle, p 173-174.
Px  {1933} Art Digest (1 June 1933) obit.
101 {1934} Bruce (Robert)  Art and Sculpture of James Edward Kelly, 1855-1933. NY: author (1934) 42 pp, illus.
D8  {1926} Fielding, p 196.
I14 {1932} Ryder, passim.
BE  {1943} Webster's Biographical Dictionary, p 811.
B1  {1943} Who Was Who, p 663-664.
S14 {1963} Eglit 247, p 69.
BF1 {1985} Falk, p 331.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 481.
AE1 {1988} Falk, 2:279.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 2:1816.
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 7:1160.

          N U M I S M A T I C   R E F E R E N C E S

E3  {1902-30} Forrer 7:499.
P2  {1912} The Numismatist 25:12 (December) p 559 (Edison Relief).
R6  {1950ca}Weil. Unpublished manuscript.
S48 {1985} Rulau and Fuld, Y-200, p 296.
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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