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Rosin, Harry,
Figure male -- Full length
Object -- Weapon
Religion -- Puritan
Dress -- Historic
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial: The Puritan, (sculpture).
Artist:
Rosin, Harry, 1897-1973, sculptor.
Title:
Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial: The Puritan, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Puritan, (sculpture).
Dates:
1942.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: limestone; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 96 x 32 x 32 in.; Base: approx. 52 x 36 x 36 in.
Inscription:
Harry Rosin 1942 (Base, front:) THE PURITAN signed
Description:
This sculpture is part of a six-piece group (two reliefs and six free-standing figures installed on the South Terrace) that depicts the theme of the U.S. emerging as an independent nation and settling the eastern coast. Rosin sculpted two figures, The Quaker (IAS 88320073) and The Puritan, to represent the two major spiritual forces which were a part of the settling of the country. The Puritan is a standing male figure holding a rifle vertically in front of him. He grasps the barrel of the rifle with both hands. He is dressed in Puritan attire consisting of a belted thigh-length jacket with large collar, knee britches, and small boots. A gunpowder horn hangs from his belt on his proper right side. His feet are spread apart slightly and he stares straight ahead. The sculpture rests on a square base which is installed in a low wall.
Subject:
Figure male -- Full length
Object -- Weapon -- Gun
Religion -- Puritan
Dress -- Historic -- Seventeenth Century Dress
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Owner:
Coadministered by City of Philadelphia, Fairmount Park Commission, Memorial Hall, West Park, P. O. Box 21601, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131
Coadministered by Fairmount Park Art Association, 1616 Walnut Street, Suite 2012, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
Located Fairmount Park, South Terrace, Kelly Drive below Girard Avenue Bridge, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
Rosin and the other sculptors on the South Terrace were chosen for this commission after the second International Exhibition of Sculpture held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1940.
References:
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, 250-257.
Bach, Penny Balkin, "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 224.
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. 254.
Related Works:
Companion to: 88320076.
Companion to: 88320075.
Companion to: 88320074.
Companion to: 88320073.
Companion to: 88320071.
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 88320072
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