Balto

Artist: Roth, Frederick George Richard

Status: In Situ and Within Central Park

Title: Balto

Dates: 1925

Medium: Bronze, slate, and boulder

Dimensions: Figure W: 4’6″ D: 2’6″; tablet: H: 2’6¼” W: 5′; Total H: 9′

Inscription: Integral plinth, front: BALTO /
 Integral plinth, proper right: [signed] F.G.R. ROTH /
 Integral plinth, rear: Founder’s mark (obscured) /
 Plaque: DEDICATED TO THE INDOMITABLE SPIRIT OF / THE SLED DOGS / THAT RELAYED ANTI TOXIN SIX HUNDRED MILES OVER ROUGH ICE / ACROSS TREACHEROUS WATERS THROUGH ARCTIC BLIZZARDS FROM / NENNANA TO THE RELIEF OF STRICKEN NOME IN THE / WINTER OF 1925 /—/ ENDURANCE FIDELITY INTELLIGENCE /
Bas-relief on plaque: [signed] F.G.R. ROTH /