Emma Stebbins statue Columbus (1867), also known as the Christopher Columbus Memorial, was installed outside the New York State Supreme Court in Brooklyn's Columbus Park. The monument was created from marble and limestone. Donor of the work is the famous art collector Marshall Owen Roberts. One way this sculpture has been described is that it depicts the mariner "standing alone on the deck of a ship [...] before the western continent comes into view" (NYC Parks, n.d.). What is remarkable about this monument is that it has survived all these years and remained untouched by the dismantling of many other monuments. Especially given the fact that Columbus is embedded in a violent history, which he decisively shaped and is justly treated as a controversial figure in history. 

In the context of the theme of the tour, the century in which Emma Stebbins worked as an artist is particularly worth mentioning, since access to professional artistic training for women was severely restricted; academy attendance, on the other hand, was not possible at all (cf. Sutter, 2020). Female-read artists nevertheless existed-although not in a professional sense-because in bourgeois society a solid cultural education was an integral part of their lives (cf. ibid.). At the time of Emma Stebbins, professional activity by women was still considered incompatible with marriage and family. It is all the more impressive that Emma Stebbins not only succeeded in living out her artistic existence, but also in moving it into the center of society. Certainly, a lot of factors - first and foremost the habitus with its various forms of capital - play a central role, but it cannot be denied that Emma Stebbins did not conform to the social order of the 19th century and stood up for what she was to become known for.