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Dr. Horace Wells Statue, (sculpture). Artist:  Bartlett, Truman Howe, 1835-1923, sculptor. Gruet, founder. Title:  Dr. Horace Wells Statue, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Horace Wells Statue, (sculpture). Dates:  1874. Dedicated July 22, 1875. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 46 in. x 41 in.; Base: approx. 98 in. x 7 ft. x 7 ft. Inscription:  (East face of bronze plinth, near front corner:) T. H. BARTLETT/PARIS/1874 (West face of bronze plinth, near rear corner:) Gruet Jne Fdeur (On front of base:) HORACE WELLS/THE DISCOVERER OF/ANAESTHESIA./DECEMBER 1844 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A larger-than-life size statue of Horace Wells, dressed in period attire with suit, bow tie, and knee-length overcoat open in front. He has a beard. His proper left arm pulls the cloak around his chest. He holds a walking stick in his proper left hand. A book and ornate lock box rest near his proper right leg. The figure stands atop a tiered base. Subject:  Portrait male -- Wells, Horace -- Full length Occupation -- Medicine -- Dentist Dress -- Accessory -- Cane Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object -- Other -- Container Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Hartford Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Hartford, Parks and Recreation Department, 550 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06106 Located Bushnell Park, South of Jewell Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06103 Remarks:  Dr. Wells (1815-1848) was the Hartford dentist who is credited with discovering anesthesia. With himself as the first recipient, Wells successfully demonstrated the use of "laughing gas" (nitrous oxide) to anesthetize his mouth for the extraction of a tooth. The statue was unveiled on July 22, 1875, at a cost of $10,000. It was funded by the State of Connecticut and the City of Hartford. The face was modeled after a plaster cast taken after death and an old daguerreotype. IAS files contain article from New York Times, July 26, 1875; and excerpt from Marion Hepburn Grant's "In and About Hartford - Tours and Tales," (Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, 1978), pg. 174. For further information see: "Hartford's Outdoor Sculpture," exhibition catalogue (April 9-18, 1981), Trinity College, Hartford, pg. 16. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. SOS Assessment Award, 1998. Moore, Merl M., Jr., 1994. Daily Evening Transcript (Boston), July 27, 1875, 6:1. 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 75001652   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75001652 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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