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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Ward, John Quincy Adams,     Hunt, Richard Morris,     L. A. Amouroux (Firm),     Robert Wood & Company,     Portrait male -- Perry, Matthew C.     Occupation -- Military     Dress -- Uniform     Object -- Weapon     Outdoor Sculpture -- Rhode Island -- Newport     Sculpture

Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, (sculpture). Artist:  Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910, sculptor. Hunt, Richard Morris, 1827-1895, architect. L. A. Amouroux (Firm), founder. Robert Wood & Company, founder. Title:  Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Matthew Calbraith Perry Statue, (sculpture). Dates:  1868. Dedicated Oct. 1, 1868. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figure and relief panels: bronze; Base: Quincy granite. Dimensions:  Figure: approx. 8 ft. x 3 ft. 2 in. x 3 ft. 2 in.; Relief panels: approx. H. 25 in. x W. 39 in.; Base: approx. 8 ft. x 5 ft. 10 in. x 5 ft. 10 in. Inscription:  (East side of bronze plinth:) J.Q.A. WARD Sc. 1868 (West side of bronze base:) BRONZE BY L.A. AMOUROUX N.Y. (On the base:) ERECTED/IN 1868 BY/AUGUST & CAROLINE S. BELMONT (Above relief panels:) TREATY WITH JAPAN 1854.AFRICA 1843.MEXICO.1856 (Below relief panels:) COMMODORE MATTHEW C. PERRY U.S.N. DIED 1858 AGED 64. (In raised letters west side of base:) ERECTED IN 1868 BY/AUGUST AND CAROLINE S. BELMONT signed Description:  Standing figure of Perry wearing his Naval uniform with tassels on the shoulders and a cape jacket draped over his proper right shoulder. His proper left hand rests on the hilt of a sword. The circular base has four bronze bas-reliefs that represent events in Perry's life: Africa (1843), Mexico (1846) and the Treaty with Japan (1954)--Reception of President's letter and negotiation of the Treaty. Subject:  Portrait male -- Perry, Matthew C. Occupation -- Military -- Navy Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Object -- Weapon -- Sword Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Rhode Island -- Newport Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Newport, Department of Parks and Recreation, 280 Spring Street, Newport, Rhode Island 02840 Located Touro Park, Facing Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island Remarks:  The statue was commissioned by August Belmont (1816-1890), who was married to Caroline Slidell Perry (b. 1849), daughter of Matthew Perry. Ward designed the bronze statue; Hunt designed the base. The face of Perry was modelled from a bust by E. D. Palmer (1859). For related reading see: William Elliot Griffis' "Matthew Calbraith Perry: A Typical Naval Officer," Boston: Cupples & Hurd, 1887; and Newport Mercury, oct. 3, 1868. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Rhode Island survey, 1993. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. Sharp, Lewis I., "John Quincy Adams Ward Dean of American Sculpture," Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1985, no. 46. Illustration:  Image on file. Sharp, Lewis I., "John Quincy Adams Ward Dean of American Sculpture," Newark: Univ. of Delaware Press, 1985, pg. 102, 171. 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 76008177   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76008177 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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