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Roger Sherman, (sculpture). Artist:  Ives, Chauncey Bradley, 1810-1894, sculptor. Title:  Roger Sherman, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Connecticut State Capitol: East Elevation, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed 1878. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: marble; Plinth: marble. Dimensions:  Approx. 6 x 2.5 x 2 ft. Inscription:  (Carved on plinth:) SHERMAN Description:  Full-length portrait of Roger Sherman. He is depicted striding forward, with proper right arm extended, fingers pointing outward; and a rolled document held at his side in his proper left hand. He stands atop a column, underneath a Gothic canopy on Capitol facade. Subject:  Portrait male -- Sherman, Roger -- Full length Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer Occupation -- Political -- Mayor Occupation -- Craft -- Shoemaker Object -- Written Matter Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Hartford Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Administered by State of Connecticut, Office of Legislative Management, Legislative Office Building, 210 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut 06106 Located Connecticut State Capitol, 210 Capitol Avenue, East Entrance, Hartford, Connecticut 06106 Remarks:  The sculpture was installed in 1878 and is one of four portrait statues on the east facade of the state capitol honoring individuals important in Connecticut's history. Roger Sherman (1721-1793) was first mayor of New Haven, a delegate to the first Continental Congress, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. For further reading see: Marion Hepburn Grant's "In and About Hartford-Tours and Tales," (Hartford, Connecticut Historical Society, 1978), pg. 193; and The Hartford Courant, June 2, 1985 (Northeast Magazine supplement on State Capitol), pg. 21. For related unpublished source materials see: "Hartford's Outdoor Sculpture," exhibition catalogue (April 1981), Trinity College, Hartford, pg. 43; background materials for exhibit on state-commissioned sculpture prepared by Robert Xaver Johnson, 1988 (State Archives, Connecticut State Library, Hartford); and "A Grand Restoration Project," (prepared by League of Women Voters of Connecticut, Education fund, for Capitol information and tours, n.d.). References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. 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 75001688   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75001688 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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