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    		• Borglum, Gutzon,
     
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    		• Figure group -- Male
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Religion -- Puritan
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Emblem -- Seal
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Newark
     
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    		• Light fixture
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Indian and the Puritan, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941, sculptor.
    Title: 
    The Indian and the Puritan, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Bridge Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated May 10, 1916. Relocated Jan. 1977.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Figures: marble; Lamp standard: bronze; Base: Tennessee marble.
    Dimensions: 
    Figures: life-size; Lamp standard: approx. H. 22 ft. (3 tons).
    Inscription: 
    (On one side of bronze lamp standard, in raised letters:) 1666/THE FOUNDERS/SET ASIDE THE/PARK NEAR BY/AS THE TOWN'S/MARKET PLACE,/NEVER HAS IT/BEEN PUT TO ANY/USE OTHER THAN/FOR THE COMMON/GOOD./TO THE NORTH/AND WESTWARD/THE INDIANS/LINGERED AS IF/RELUCTANT TO/DEPART. (On other side of bronze lamp standard, in raised letters:) 1775 THE BRIDGING/OF THE RIVERS/EASTWARD AND THE RUDE ROAD/BUILT ACROSS/THE MARSH WAS/AN ENTERPRISE/OF PATRIOTIC/CITIZENS; AN/EPOCH-MAKING/EVENT./IT AWOKE THE/INDUSTRIES AND/MADE THE PRESENT/CITY POSSIBLE.
    Description: 
    A tall bronze lamp standard featuring carved marble relief figures of a Native American and a Puritan emerging from a square stone base at the foot of the lamp standard. The figures stand on opposite sides of the lamp standard which is also adorned with the raised image of Newark's city seal. At the top of the lamp standard are nine globe lights.
    Subject: 
    Figure group -- Male
    Ethnic -- Indian
    Religion -- Puritan
    History -- United States -- Colonization
    Emblem -- Seal
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Newark
    Light fixture
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Located Traffic island at Broad & Washington Streets, Newark, New Jersey
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Intersection of Broad Street at Bridge, until ca. 1980s-1990s.
    Remarks: 
    The piece was created in 1916 for the celebration of Newark's 250th anniversary. It was originally installed at the traffic intersection in front of the Newark Public Library and marked the site of Newark's colonial market place. In 1977 when the intersection was rebuilt to improve traffic flow and the piece was relocated to its current site on a traffic island a few yards away. IAS files contain a newspaper article from The Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ), Jan. 11, 1977. For additional information see also: "Newark's Last Fifteen Years 1904-1919," pg. 38; The Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ), May 10, 1916; and the Newark Public Library's Wack Scrapbook (974.932 WII vol. 4).
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    "Newark Museum Quarterly," Newark, N.J.: Newark Museum Association, Winter 1975.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, NJ5002, 1989.
    Monumental News, Nov. 1919, pg. 792.
    Borglum Historical Center, 1998.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1995.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Monumental News, Nov. 1919, pg. 792.
    The Star-Ledger, Jan. 11, 1977.
    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 76001613
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