Marmorean Ballplayer: Sheriff John McNamee of Brooklyn and His Sculptural Career in Florence

In the third quarter of the nineteenth century, both baseball and sculpture could serve as markers of and conduits for ascending class and cultural identity, and the remarkable career of John McNamee (c. 1827–1895) brings these two realms together in an unfamiliar but revealing fashion.

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Main Author: Paul H. D. Kaplan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing 2017-05-01
Series:Panorama
Subjects:
3.1
Online Access: https://editions.lib.umn.edu/panorama/article/marmorean-ballplayer-sheriff-john-mcnamee-of-brooklyn-and-his-sculptural-career-in-florence/
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spelling doaj-611a8bf619de4107980a5fcdef2df3192021-06-16T20:21:02ZengUniversity of Minnesota Libraries PublishingPanorama2471-68392017-05-0131https://doi.org/10.24926/24716839.1580Marmorean Ballplayer: Sheriff John McNamee of Brooklyn and His Sculptural Career in FlorencePaul H. D. KaplanIn the third quarter of the nineteenth century, both baseball and sculpture could serve as markers of and conduits for ascending class and cultural identity, and the remarkable career of John McNamee (c. 1827–1895) brings these two realms together in an unfamiliar but revealing fashion. https://editions.lib.umn.edu/panorama/article/marmorean-ballplayer-sheriff-john-mcnamee-of-brooklyn-and-his-sculptural-career-in-florence/ 3.1baseballdouglas tildenisaac broomejohn mcnameejoseph willsonnineteenth-century artpaul h. d. kaplansculpturevinnie ream
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Marmorean Ballplayer: Sheriff John McNamee of Brooklyn and His Sculptural Career in Florence
Panorama
3.1
baseball
douglas tilden
isaac broome
john mcnamee
joseph willson
nineteenth-century art
paul h. d. kaplan
sculpture
vinnie ream
author_facet Paul H. D. Kaplan
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title Marmorean Ballplayer: Sheriff John McNamee of Brooklyn and His Sculptural Career in Florence
title_short Marmorean Ballplayer: Sheriff John McNamee of Brooklyn and His Sculptural Career in Florence
title_full Marmorean Ballplayer: Sheriff John McNamee of Brooklyn and His Sculptural Career in Florence
title_fullStr Marmorean Ballplayer: Sheriff John McNamee of Brooklyn and His Sculptural Career in Florence
title_full_unstemmed Marmorean Ballplayer: Sheriff John McNamee of Brooklyn and His Sculptural Career in Florence
title_sort marmorean ballplayer: sheriff john mcnamee of brooklyn and his sculptural career in florence
publisher University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing
series Panorama
issn 2471-6839
publishDate 2017-05-01
description In the third quarter of the nineteenth century, both baseball and sculpture could serve as markers of and conduits for ascending class and cultural identity, and the remarkable career of John McNamee (c. 1827–1895) brings these two realms together in an unfamiliar but revealing fashion.
topic 3.1
baseball
douglas tilden
isaac broome
john mcnamee
joseph willson
nineteenth-century art
paul h. d. kaplan
sculpture
vinnie ream
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