Artist: Ernest Keyser (1875-1959)
Title: Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley (1839-1909)
Date: 1904
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: Overall height, 79"
Accession number: MSA SC 1545-0759
Admiral Schley was a hero of the Spanish American War. The General Assembly appropriated funds for this bust and pedestal in honor of Admiral Schley in 1902 and it was installed in the State House in 1904. This bust was cleaned and conserved in 2008.