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    		• Newman, Allen George,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Figure female
     
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    		• Allegory -- Civic
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Lancaster
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Spanish American War Maine Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Newman, Allen George, 1875-1940, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Spanish American War Maine Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Copyrighted 1931. Installed 1931.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 103 x 27 1/2 x 26 1/4 in.; Base: approx. 63 x 66 x 38 in.; Platform: approx. 18 in. x 30 ft. x 16 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (copyright symbol) Allen G. Newman A.N.A. 1931 Sc / JNO Williams Inc. N.Y. (On plaque, front of base:) In Memoriam/USS Main/Destroyed in Havana Harbor/Feb 15, 1898/This tablet is cast from metal recovered from the USS Maine / Patriotism / Devotion (On back of base:) 1898-1902/Erected by General Wm S. McCaskey Camp United Span-/ish War Veterans, The City and County of Lancaster, in/memory of Volunteers from Lancaster County, in the Spanish/American War./The Powder Tank donated by the U.S./Navy Department/was recovered from the USS Maine, in Havana Harbor/The Cannon and Cannon balls were donated by the US/War Department under authority of a special act of Congress./Dedicated July 4, 1913/This tablet is cast from metal recovered from the U.S.S. Maine. signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    The figure of a Spanish-American War soldier holding a rifle stands atop a rectangular base adorned on the front with a bronze relief of Liberty holding a shield in her proper left hand. The sculpture is installed on a wide platform adorned with two cannons.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Spanish American War
    Figure male -- Full length
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Figure female
    Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Lancaster
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Buchanan Park, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
    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 76007290
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