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Volunteer, (sculpture). Artist:  Kitson, Theo Alice Ruggles, 1871-1932, sculptor. Title:  Volunteer, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Volunteer of 1861, (sculpture). Civil War Memorial: The Volunteer, (sculpture). Dates:  Copyrighted 1901. Cast 1902. Dedicated July 4, 1902. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 8 x 3 x 4.5 ft.; Base: approx. 6 x 6 x 7 ft. Inscription:  (On proper right side of bronze base:) THEO A. RUGGLES-KITSON/sculptor/COPYWRITTEN 1901 (On rear of bronze base:) The Henry-Bonnard Bronze co./Founders, N.Y. 1902 (On front of boulder, in raised bronze numbers:) '61-'65 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A bronze figure of a Civil War soldier returning from the war is mounted on a large stone boulder. The soldier carries his rifle over his proper right shoulder and hooks his proper left thumb on his belt. As he walks, he steps over a branch of Southern Pine. A canteen and a small kit bag are slung over his proper left hip. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Newburyport Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Newburyport, Newburyport, Massachusetts Located Atkinson Common, High Street & Moseley Avenue, Newburyport, Massachusetts 01950 Remarks:  A monument association was formed on Jan. 18, 1896 consisting of representatives from the A. W. Bartlett Post, No. 49 of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Belleville Improvement Society, and the Woman's Relief Corps. Funds for the sculpture were raised through members of the monument association. IAS files contain an excerpt from John J. Currier's "The History of Newburyport Massachusetts 1764-1905, Somersworth, NH: New Hampshire Publishing Co., 1977, pg. 220-221. Additional information is available at the Newburyport Library, Hamilton Room archives. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Historical Society of Old Newbury, 1977. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MA5049, 1989. Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988. Monument News, August 1913, pg. 555. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Currier, John J., "The History of Newburyport Massachusetts 1764-1905, Somersworth, NH: New Hampshire Publishing Co., 1977, pg. 220. 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 77000675   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 77000675 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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