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Raul, Harry Lewis,
Roman Bronze Works,
History -- United States
Figure group
Allegory -- Life
Occupation -- Military
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
War Memorial to Mothers, (sculpture).
Artist:
Raul, Harry Lewis, b. 1883, sculptor.
Roman Bronze Works, founder.
Title:
War Memorial to Mothers, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
American War Mother and Her Sons, (sculpture).
Dates:
1927. Copyrighted 1927. Installed 1928.
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. 7 in. x 74 in. x 47 in; Base: approx. 60 in. x 10 ft. 4 in. x 8 ft. 8 in.
Inscription:
19 (copyright symbol) 27 HARRY LEWIS RAUL . SCULPTOR/EASTON . PENNSYLVANIA / ROMAN BRONZE WORKS NY (Base, front:) ERECTED BY THE PHILA CHAPTER AMERICAN WAR MOTHERS OF THOSE WHO SERVED AND THOSE WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR 1917-1918 TO YOU FROM FAILING HANDS WE THROW THE TORCH BE YOURS TO HOLD IT HIGH IF YE BREAK FAITH WITH US WHO DIE WE SHALL NOT SLEEP THOUGH POPPIES GROW IN FLANDERS FIELD JOHN MCGRAE signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Seated female figure flanked by two kneeling servicemen. On her proper right is a soldier and on her proper left is a sailor. The female figure wears a long, very plain dress and a long cape. Her hair is pulled back from her face and she stares straight ahead. Her arms reach out and rest on the shoulders of the servicemen on either side of her. Her cape wraps around the back of the servicemen. Each male figure kneels on one knee with the other bent knee raised. The male figures, dressed in their military uniforms, hold their hats and bow their heads. The three figures rest atop a rectangular base.
Subject:
History -- United States -- World War I
Figure group
Allegory -- Life -- Womanhood
Occupation -- Military -- Sailor
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Philadelphia, Fairmount Park Commission, Memorial Hall, West Park, P. O. Box 21601, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131
Located Wister's Wood, Belfield Avenue & 21st Street,
Germantown
, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
This piece was a gift of the Philadelphia Chapter of American War Mothers to the City of Philadelphia.
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
City of Philadelphia, 1973.
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 305.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 305.
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 75009364
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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