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    		• Kitson, Theo Alice Ruggles,
     
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    		• Equestrian
     
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    		• Animal -- Horse
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Hingham
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Victory, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Kitson, Theo Alice Ruggles, 1871-1932, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Victory, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Soldiers and Sailor of All Wars Memorial, (sculpture).
    Iron Horse War Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated 1929.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite on concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 13 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 3 in. x 12 ft. 8 in.; Base: approx. 17 in. x 10 ft. x 4 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On front left hoof:) THEO.A. RUGGLES KITSON/SC. (On figure's shield:) PRO PATRIA ET GLORIA signed
    Description: 
    A young male equestrian figure holding a torch in his raised proper right hand and a palm frond in proper left. A shield hangs across his back and a sword in a scabbard in on his proper left hip. The sculpture is installed on a rectangular slab of granite that rests on a concrete base.
    Subject: 
    Equestrian
    Animal -- Horse
    Figure male -- Full length
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Hingham
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Hingham, Historical Commission, 7 East Street, Hingham, Massachusetts 02043
    Located Otis Street overlooking Hingham Harbor, Hingham, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture cost $27,110.23. The inscription on a nearby granite boulder reads: THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED BY/THE PEOPLE OF HINGHAM TO HER/TOWNSMEN WHO SERVED IN/THE WAR IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE COLONY,/THE PROVINCE, THE STATE, THE/COMMONWEALTH, OR THE REPUBLIC./A.D. 1929. For additionalinformation see the Hingham Mirror, Dec. 23, 1980, pg. 2H and Walter Muir Whitehill's "Boston Sculptures," Barre, MA: Barre Publishers, 1970, pg. 72-73, 116-117.
    References: 
    Hingham Historical Society, 1990.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1996.
    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 21620001
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