The broad face is free of lines and wrinkles, and the features of her eyes, nose, and mouth are finely rendered.

At the top of the relief are four lines from Bolton's poem "Indiana:" The Winds of heaven never fanned The circling sunlight never spanned The Borders of a better land

The relief is mounted to the wall with four socket cap screws, one in each upper corner and one on each side approximately six inches from the bottom.

[1] Olive Inez Downing (c. 1888–1963) proposed that the Indiana Branch of the League of American Pen Women commission a sculpture honoring Sarah T. Bolton and arrange to install in the State House.

Her most well known poem is “Paddle Your Own Canoe.”[4] Emma Sangernebo, née Elyes (1877–1969), was a well-known local artist trained at Herron Art School, Indianapolis.

[2] The sculpture was installed on October 18, 1941 in the northeast niche on the second floor of the State House rotunda where it remains today.