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IndyAnna @indyannapolis.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

In 1959, Sylvia Shaw Judson was commissioned to create a public work of art: a seated statue of Mary Dyer, a Quaker, who was executed for her religious beliefs. 3 statues were cast: 1 for the Massachusetts State House, Boston, the Friends Center in Philadelphia, and Earlham College, Richmond, IN.

Mary Dyer is shown plainly dressed with a hair covering, hands in her lap, sitting on a bench during a meeting for worship, quietly contemplating with head slightly bowed. Sylvia was quoted as saying the figure should be seen as solitary and exposed, as though the only safety was within

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Friends Center, Philadelphia @friendsctr.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Hello from the Friends Center in Philadelphia. 👋 Thanks for the mention. Here's a view of our casting of the Mary Dyer statue, with a mockingbird on her lap.

A statue of Mary Dyer is seated on a bench with her hands folded in her lap. A mockingbird is on her lap. The bench rests on a square concrete base. Words are engraved on the front of the base: Mary Dyer, Quaker witness for religious freedom, hanged on Boston Common 1660." (Some commentators say she was hanged on Boston Neck, not Boston Common. We have no opinion either way, just wanted to acknowledge that ambiguity up front in case anyone brings it up.)

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IndyAnna @indyannapolis.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

How beautiful!! I love mockingbirds!!!

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Friends Center, Philadelphia @friendsctr.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Here's a photo of the statue of Quaker martyr Mary Dyer being installed here at Friends Center in Philadelphia in 1975. #Quakers

A black and white photo of workers moving the Mary Dyer statue up a ramp onto the concrete base. A group of people is watching in the background. The year is 1975.

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