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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Saint-Gaudens, Annette Johnson,     Saint-Gaudens, Paul,     Basky Foundry,     Portrait male -- Baynes, Ernest Harold     Occupation -- Writer     Occupation -- Science     Animal -- Bird     Animal -- Buffalo     Animal -- Squirrel     Animal -- Fox     Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Plainfield     Relief     Sculpture

Bas-Relief Portrait of Ernest Harold Baynes, (sculpture). Artist:  Saint-Gaudens, Annette Johnson, 1869-1943, sculptor. Saint-Gaudens, Paul, 1900- , sculptor. Basky Foundry, founder. Title:  Bas-Relief Portrait of Ernest Harold Baynes, (sculpture). Dates:  1935. Dedicated Aug. 4, 1935. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: rock. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 18 1/4 x 25 1/4 x 1 in. Inscription:  (Artists' monograms found on proper right of portrait and upper proper left corner of plaque) (In lower proper left corner of plaque:) A BASKY FOUNDRY NY (On plaque:) 1868 1925/ERNEST HAROLD BAYNES/NATURALIST CRUSADER AUTHOR/FRIEND OF THE BIRDS AND ALL/LIVING CREATURES. IN THIS/SANCTUARY WHICH HE FOUNDED/THIS MEMORIAL WAS PLACED BY THE/MERIDEN BIRD CLUB AND ITS FRIENDS signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Bronze plaque with bas-relief medallion portrait bust of Ernest Harold Baynes. He is shown in proper left profile. Interspersed among the text on the plaque are small bas-relief depictions of birds, a buffalo, a fox and a squirrel. The plaque is attached to a large rock. Subject:  Portrait male -- Baynes, Ernest Harold -- Bust Occupation -- Writer -- Journalist Occupation -- Science -- Naturalist Animal -- Bird Animal -- Buffalo Animal -- Squirrel Animal -- Fox Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Plainfield Relief Sculpture Owner:  Located Meriden Bird Club Sanctuary, Main Street, Plainfield, New Hampshire Administered by Meriden Bird Club, c/o Peg Meyette, RFD 2, Box 579, Cornish, New Hampshire 03745 Remarks:  Baynes was a writer and naturalist who established the Meriden Bird Club, the first such club in America. The commemorative sculpture was dedicated on the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Meriden Bird Club. IAS files contain copy of related article from Granite State Free Press (Plainfield, NH), Aug. 9, 1935; and copy of related excerpt from Philip Zea and Nancy Norwalk's "Choice White Pines and Good Land, a History of Plainfield and Meriden, New Hampshire", Portsmouth: Peter Randall, 1991, pg. 264, 334-336. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. 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 NH000435   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NH000435 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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