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    		• Doyle, Alexander,
     
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    		• Orleans, Charles,
     
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    		• Nicoli,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Service
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Volunteer Firemen's Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Doyle, Alexander, 1857-1922, sculptor.
    Orleans, Charles, fabricator.
    Nicoli, carver.
    Title: 
    Volunteer Firemen's Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Oct. 22, 1887.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: white Carrara marble: Base: grey Hallowell Maine granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 6 x 2 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 46 x 18 x 18 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Front of base:) FIREMAN'S CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION/Dedicated Oct. 22, 1887 (On remaining sides of base, names of volunteer fire companies) unsigned
    Description: 
    A fireman dressed in uniform, holding a fire hose in front of him. The figure is set within a Neo-Gothic base that includes a canopy of arches, crowned by a steeple.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Service -- Fireman
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Firemen's Charitable and Benevolent Association, 116 City Park Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70119
    Located Greenwood Cemetery, 5242 Canal Street, Canal Street & City Park Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana
    Remarks: 
    The monument to firefighters was designed and constructed by Charles Orleans, funded by the Firemen's Charitable and benevolent Association, in honor of its 50th anniversary. The statue of the fireman was created by Alexander Doyle, and carved by Nicoli. IAS files contain article on the cemetery from Mary Louis Christovich, ed., "New Orleans Architectural Series, Vol. III: The Cemeteries," Pelican Publishing Co., Gretna LA: 1974.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Louisiana, New Orleans survey, 1993.
    Cocke, Edward J., "Monumental New Orleans," New Orleans: La Fayette Pub., 1968.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Cocke, Edward J., "Monumental New Orleans," New Orleans: La Fayette Pub., 1968, pg. 22.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS 88350021
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