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Grand Army Plaza
Dr. Alexander J.C. Skene 
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- Sculptor: John Massey Rhind
- Architect: M.L.and H.G. Emery
- Description: Bust with integral standard on pedestal backed by a stele
- Materials: Bronze, white Vermont marble
- Cast: ca. 1905
- Dedicated: 1905
- Inscription: 1) on the stele: "ALEXANDER J. C. SKENE / M.D.[---]LL.D./ PHYSICIAN [---] AUTHOR / PRESIDENT / DEAN AND / GYNECOLOGIST / OF THE LONG / ISLAND COLLEGE / HOSPITAL" 2) on bust standard front: "SKENE" 3) bust standard, proper left: [signed] "MASSEY RHIND / 19--" 4) on pedestal: "FYVIE / ABERDEENSHIRE / SCOTLAND / 1838 / HIGHMOUNT / ULSTER CO. N. Y. / 1900"
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