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    		• Buberl, Caspar,
     
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    		• Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company,
     
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    		• Frederick & Field,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure female -- Full length
     
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    		• Figure group -- Male
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Soldiers and Sailors, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Buberl, Caspar, 1834-1899, sculptor.
    Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, founder.
    Frederick & Field, contractor.
    Title: 
    Soldiers and Sailors, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Unveiled Oct. 22, 1890.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculptures: marble and bronze; Base: marble.
    Dimensions: 
    Overall: approx. H. 28 ft.; Figure of Victory: approx. H. 9 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On bases of soldier and sailor figures:) C. Buberl. Henry Bonnard Bronze Co. for Frederick & Field, Quincy, MASS. 1890 (Bronze plaque on front of base:) TO THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS/OF THE COUNTY OF/ULSTER/IN THE WAR FOR THE UNION/1861-1865. THEIR GRATEFUL FELLOW CITIZENS signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    An elaborate war memorial, crowned at top by a marble figure of a woman, standing with laurel wreath in proper left hand and a shield in her proper right hand. At the base of the memorial are two bronze figures of a soldier and sailor. The soldier, dressed in uniform, stands holding a gun with both hands. A bayonet hangs from his belt on the proper left side. He steps forward with his proper left leg. On the opposite side, a sailor holds what is left of a sabre with the blade broken off about 3 1/2 inches from the guard, to his chest in his proper right hand; his proper left foot rests on a cleat with rope around it.
    The tiered base is decorated with bronze relief plaques. On the front are two crossed cannons inside a wreath and a text plaque. On the back, there is a relief of a gun, butt down positioned vertically, and two crossed sabres in their cases, handles up. On the lower tier of the base on the rear is a medallion with a spread eagle, two female figures representing Liberty and Justice, a shield showing two ships and a ribbon with the word Excelsior.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure female -- Full length
    Figure group -- Male
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Occupation -- Military -- Sailor
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Object Type: 
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Kingston, Kingston, New York
    Located Veterans Memorial Park, in front of City Hall, Kingston, New York
    Remarks: 
    IAS files contain related newspaper clippings from the Daily Freeman dated Dec. 13, 1993, Feb. 24, 1994, and Oct. 6, 2000; from the Sunday Freeman, Oct. 29, 2000; and the Kingston Freeman, Nov. 7, 2000. IAS files also contain photocopy of historic ca. 1890 photograph of the memorial, from Kingston's historian's archives.
    Conservation: 
    Treated 2000 July-November. Coryat Casting Co., Inc. (Rhinebeck, NY). Treatment report on file with owner and conservator.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1993.
    SOS Conservation Notification Report, 2000.
    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 NY000541
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