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First Landing Party of the Founders of Newark, (sculpture). Artist:  Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941, sculptor. Title:  First Landing Party of the Founders of Newark, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Pilgrim Drinking Fountain, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1916. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Marble. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 9 ft. 6 in. x 56 in. x 23 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 7 in. x 29 ft. x 10 ft. Description:  A tall marble stele carved on the front with a relief of two male Pilgrims conversing, above which is a narrow frieze depicting Pilgrims in daily activities. At the foot of the stele is a rectangular fountain basin. The back of the stele is engraved with the names of Newark's founders. The stele rests in the center of a flat rectangular stone base. Subject:  Figure group -- Male Religion -- Puritan Occupation -- Other -- Colonist History -- United States -- New Jersey Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Newark Relief Stele Fountain Sculpture Owner:  Located Saybrook Place, Newark, New Jersey Remarks:  The back of the stele is engraved with the names of men from Milford and Branford in the New Haven colony who composed the original group of settlers under the secular leadership of Robert Treat. The 1995 SOS! survey notes that the sculpture is scheduled to be moved upon completion of arts center in Newark. 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, NJ5001, 1989. Monumental News, Nov. 1919, pg. 792. Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. Monumental News, Nov. 1919, pg. 792. 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 76001615   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76001615 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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