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Item 33: Visitors enter Singer Memorial Gallery
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Identifier
wcmfa023
Title
Item
33
:
Visitors
enter
Singer
Memorial
Gallery
Creator
Raup Camera Center
Subject
Anniversaries
Art museums
Hagerstown (Md.)
History
Washington County (Md.)
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts (Md.)
Description
Photograph
.
Visitors
crowd
into the
newly
opened
William
H
.
Singer
,
Jr
.
Memorial
Gallery
.
Notes
The
opening
of the
two
new
wings
November
15
,
1949
was a
grand
occasion
for
Hagerstown
, and the
Museum
was
filled
to
capacity
. As
soon
as the
ribbon
was
cut
,
visitors
flooded
into the
Singer
Memorial
Gallery
to have their
first
look
.
The
visitors
are
shown
flowing
into the
gallery
between
two
sandstone
sculptures
by the
Belgian
sculptor
Ernest
Van
Wynants
(also
Wijnants)
.
Known
as The
Wise
and
Foolish
Virgins
, the
figure
of the
wise
virgin
is
depicted
holding
out
a
lamp
while
the
other
covers
her
lamp
with a
chained
hand
.
Wijnants
was a
friend
of the
Singers
and the
two
figures
originally
flanked
a
fireplace
in their
Blaricum
,
Holland
home
.
Publisher (Electronic Version)
Western Maryland Regional Library
Holding Institution
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
Date Original
1949-11-15
Date Digital
2006-02-07
Type
Image
Format
Digital reproduction of 1 black-and-white document, 26 x 21 cm.
Source
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
Relation
Is Part Of Washington County Museum of Fine Arts - a history
Is Part Of WHILBR, Western Maryland's Historical Library
Coverage
1941-1950
Rights
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