Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2015.14.002
Accession#:
2015.14
Credit Line:
Donated by Linda Blefgen.
Object Name:
Drawing
Title:
Patsy Ann Memorial Sketches
Artist — Creator:
Anna Burke
Artist — Creator Role:
Artist
Date:
1992
Year Range from:
1990
Year Range to:
1995
Description:
Two sketches for the Patsy Ann Memorial Sculpture by artist Anna Burke. The two drawings are framed, glazed and matted. The metal frame is silver in color. The matte is a light blue with white geometric designs. Both drawings are vertical in orientation, on gray paper and done with gray and white pencil.
The drawing on the proper right features an illustration of a white bull terriror dog. The dog is sitting and looking towards the proper left. Near the dog's back left foot is handwritten text reading "Anna '92 \ "Patsy Ann" ".
The drawing on the proper left features an illustration of a white bull terriror dog sitting on a box. The dog is viewed from behind. Handwritten text on the box reads "Anna '92" and "Pasty Ann". Below the box is an illustration of a dog collar with the word "JUNEAU" on it. Handwritten ext in the lower proper left corner reads: "Two Suggestions: \ 1 a 'discarded' bronze \ collar with \ PATSY ANN — JUNEAU \ on it next to her paw \ 2 Native stone for the base \ with the quarry marks left in \ She was an Alaskan! \ It will be a privilage to work on this". Both numbers are circled and the word "Native" is underlined. Handwritten text in the upper proper right corner reads: " Size — from bottom of \ foot to top of head approx. \ 30 inches".
The drawing on the proper right features an illustration of a white bull terriror dog. The dog is sitting and looking towards the proper left. Near the dog's back left foot is handwritten text reading "Anna '92 \ "Patsy Ann" ".
The drawing on the proper left features an illustration of a white bull terriror dog sitting on a box. The dog is viewed from behind. Handwritten text on the box reads "Anna '92" and "Pasty Ann". Below the box is an illustration of a dog collar with the word "JUNEAU" on it. Handwritten ext in the lower proper left corner reads: "Two Suggestions: \ 1 a 'discarded' bronze \ collar with \ PATSY ANN — JUNEAU \ on it next to her paw \ 2 Native stone for the base \ with the quarry marks left in \ She was an Alaskan! \ It will be a privilage to work on this". Both numbers are circled and the word "Native" is underlined. Handwritten text in the upper proper right corner reads: " Size — from bottom of \ foot to top of head approx. \ 30 inches".
Notes:
The Patsy Ann Memorial Sculpture is located at the downtown Juneau docks near Marine Park. It was erected in 1992, fifty years after the dog's death.
www.patsyann.com
Patsy Ann, a Bull Terrier, was born in Portland, Oregon on October 12, 1929 and came to Juneau as a pup. She died in Juneau on March 30, 1942. On the following day, a small crowd watched as her coffin was lowered into Gastineau Channel just a short distance from where her sculpture now sits, watching and waiting with eternal patience, whether shrouded in fog, bathed in sunshine or covered with snow. Because of her unerring sense of the imminent arrival of each ship that visited Juneau and her faithful welcome at wharfside, Juneau Mayor Goldstein dubbed Patsy Ann "Official Greeter of Juneau, Alaska" in 1934.Patsy Ann was stone deaf (from birth), but she somehow "heard" the whistles of approaching ships —— long before they came into sight —— and headed at a fast trot for the wharf. She was never wrong. In fact, on one memorable occasion, a crowd was given erroneous information and gathered at the wrong dock. Patsy Ann gazed at the crowd for a long moment, then turned and trotted to the correct dock. Between ship's visits, Patsy Ann made the rounds of her friends at local businesses. She had a vast number of friends, most of whom slipped her bits of food, including a daily candy bar from one fan. Patsy Ann was as much a fixture of beer parlors and hotel lobbies as any paying guest. Old Juneau's Ambassador was the most famous canine west of the Mississippi, more photographed than Rin Tin Tin. During the 1930's her image adorned post cards sold by curio shops and for many visitors, she was the highlight of their visit to Juneau. Local author Carl Burrows published a "little book" in 1939, simply titled Patsy Ann. Her distinctive gait slowed over the years due to rheumatism brought on by unscheduled dives into the cold waters of the Gastineau Channel and she grew overweight from the high living of the ships' cooks. Still, she always headed for the docks, on the double, whenever steamship whistles shook old Juneau's boardwalks. Of no fixed address, Patsy Ann spent most of her nights in the Longshoreman's hall where, surrounded by kindred souls, she could run safely down the alleys of her bull terrier dreams. Fittingly, it was there she died gently on March 30, 1942. The next day, a crowd gathered as her tiny coffin was lowered into Gastineau channel. Patsy Ann captured the hearts of Juneau's citizens with her dignity, honesty, and devotion to her duties as "Official Greeter of Juneau, Alaska". Fifty years after her death, her statue was commissioned by the "Friends of Patsy Ann" and installed on the wharf she knew so well. Sculpted by New Mexican artist Anna Burke Harris, clippings of dog hair from all over the world were included in the bronze at the time of casting, symbolically uniting the spirit of dogs everywhere. On July 3, 1992 at 7:30 p.m., Patsy Ann, in her new incarnation, was presented to the world under blue skies with a balmy breeze in the air. Patsy Ann sits at North 58 degrees, 17 minutes and 91 seconds North Latitude and 134 degrees, 24 minutes and 17 seconds West Longitude. Each year, hundreds of thousands of tourists visit Juneau from cruise ships and are welcomed on the dock by Patsy Ann, as they would have been in the 1930's. They are encouraged to "greet her and touch her and in leaving, carry with you the blessings of friendship through your life's journey".
www.patsyann.com
Patsy Ann, a Bull Terrier, was born in Portland, Oregon on October 12, 1929 and came to Juneau as a pup. She died in Juneau on March 30, 1942. On the following day, a small crowd watched as her coffin was lowered into Gastineau Channel just a short distance from where her sculpture now sits, watching and waiting with eternal patience, whether shrouded in fog, bathed in sunshine or covered with snow. Because of her unerring sense of the imminent arrival of each ship that visited Juneau and her faithful welcome at wharfside, Juneau Mayor Goldstein dubbed Patsy Ann "Official Greeter of Juneau, Alaska" in 1934.Patsy Ann was stone deaf (from birth), but she somehow "heard" the whistles of approaching ships —— long before they came into sight —— and headed at a fast trot for the wharf. She was never wrong. In fact, on one memorable occasion, a crowd was given erroneous information and gathered at the wrong dock. Patsy Ann gazed at the crowd for a long moment, then turned and trotted to the correct dock. Between ship's visits, Patsy Ann made the rounds of her friends at local businesses. She had a vast number of friends, most of whom slipped her bits of food, including a daily candy bar from one fan. Patsy Ann was as much a fixture of beer parlors and hotel lobbies as any paying guest. Old Juneau's Ambassador was the most famous canine west of the Mississippi, more photographed than Rin Tin Tin. During the 1930's her image adorned post cards sold by curio shops and for many visitors, she was the highlight of their visit to Juneau. Local author Carl Burrows published a "little book" in 1939, simply titled Patsy Ann. Her distinctive gait slowed over the years due to rheumatism brought on by unscheduled dives into the cold waters of the Gastineau Channel and she grew overweight from the high living of the ships' cooks. Still, she always headed for the docks, on the double, whenever steamship whistles shook old Juneau's boardwalks. Of no fixed address, Patsy Ann spent most of her nights in the Longshoreman's hall where, surrounded by kindred souls, she could run safely down the alleys of her bull terrier dreams. Fittingly, it was there she died gently on March 30, 1942. The next day, a crowd gathered as her tiny coffin was lowered into Gastineau channel. Patsy Ann captured the hearts of Juneau's citizens with her dignity, honesty, and devotion to her duties as "Official Greeter of Juneau, Alaska". Fifty years after her death, her statue was commissioned by the "Friends of Patsy Ann" and installed on the wharf she knew so well. Sculpted by New Mexican artist Anna Burke Harris, clippings of dog hair from all over the world were included in the bronze at the time of casting, symbolically uniting the spirit of dogs everywhere. On July 3, 1992 at 7:30 p.m., Patsy Ann, in her new incarnation, was presented to the world under blue skies with a balmy breeze in the air. Patsy Ann sits at North 58 degrees, 17 minutes and 91 seconds North Latitude and 134 degrees, 24 minutes and 17 seconds West Longitude. Each year, hundreds of thousands of tourists visit Juneau from cruise ships and are welcomed on the dock by Patsy Ann, as they would have been in the 1930's. They are encouraged to "greet her and touch her and in leaving, carry with you the blessings of friendship through your life's journey".
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