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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Bissell, George Edwin,     Gruet,     History -- United States     Portrait male -- Chatfield, John Lyman     Occupation -- Military     Dress -- Uniform     Homage -- Brown, William Edward     Homage -- Bates, Pauline Aisnworth     Homage -- Bates, Minnie Chatfield     Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Waterbury     Gravestone     Sculpture

Chatfield Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Bissell, George Edwin, 1839-1920, sculptor. Gruet, founder. Title:  Chatfield Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1880 (?). Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. 1 in. x 20 in. x 21 in.; Base: approx. 6 ft. 4 in. x 59 in. x 59 in. Inscription:  (On base, right:) G. E. BISSELL (On base, left:) GRUET JNR FONDEUR PARIS (Incised on base, front:) JOHN LYMAN CHATFIELD/COL. 6TH CONN. VOLS./BORN OXFORD, SEPT. 13, 1826/DIED AT WATERBURY AUG. 9, 1863/FROM WOUNDS/RECEIVED AT FORT WAGNER./"FIDUS AD EXTREMUM" (Incised on base, east:) SILVIA ANN AINSWORTH/WIFE OF/JOHN LYMAN CHATFIELD/JULY 8, 1828-JAN. 7, 1917/"FIDUS AD EXTREMUM" (Incised on base, north:) WILLIAM EDWARD BROWN/MARCH 29, 1877-MAY 8, 1950/PAULINE AINSWORTH BATES/WIFE OF/WILLIAM E. BROWN/OCT. 21, 1884- (Incised on base, west:) MINNIE CHATFIELD BATES/FEB. 23, 1882-APR. 8, 1 [incomplete] signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Full-length figure of a uniformed Cavalry officer (possibly Col. Chatfield) stands atop a square pedestal and tiered base. The figure wears a uniform with wide-brimmed hat, gloves and riding boots. He holds his sword handle in his proper right hand and his proper left hand rests on his belt buckle. The figure wears a full moustache and beard. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Portrait male -- Chatfield, John Lyman -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- Colonel Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Homage -- Brown, William Edward Homage -- Bates, Pauline Aisnworth Homage -- Bates, Minnie Chatfield Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Waterbury Gravestone Sculpture Owner:  Riverside Cemetery Association, Riverside Cemetery, 496 Riverside Street, Waterbury, Connecticut 06708 Remarks:  Monument honors Colonel John Lyman Chatfield, a Civil War officer who died of wounds sustained at Fort Wagner. It is not known if the sculpture is meant to be a likeness of Chatfield. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut 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 CT000352   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CT000352 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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