FORT SMITH -- Kansas City sculptor E.S. Schubert is to donate a scale model of the bronze Judge Isaac C. Parker sculpture from Fort Smith's Gateway Park to the United States Marshals Museum next week.
The model, or maquette, will be presented at the museum site Wednesday at 9 a.m., according to a news release. The Marshals Museum, which is under construction, is at 789 Riverfront Drive in Fort Smith.
Located at Garrison and Rogers avenues in downtown Fort Smith, Gateway Park features a large, elevated bronze statue of Parker, who was appointed judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas in 1875. Also at Gateway Park are bronze statues of two other key people from Fort Smith's history, John Carnall and Mother Mary Teresa Farrell.
The statues were curated by sculptor Spencer Schubert at E.S. Schubert Sculpture Studios. Schubert said the Parker statue, which features the judge sitting in a chair with an open book, is about 7 feet tall from the base to the top and weighs about 1,900 pounds. The statues of Carnall and Farrell, who are standing, are slightly shorter and weigh about 900 pounds. All three statues were installed in October.
Amy Westlake of the Peacock Group, the public relations company that represents the U.S. Marshals Museum, said the maquette is 27 inches tall and 14 inches wide.
State Desk on 01/16/2020