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Piatti, Emilio F.,
Vatier, Ernest,
History -- United States
Portrait male -- Poor, Enoch
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Hackensack
Sculpture
Enoch Poor, (sculpture).
Artist:
Piatti
,
Emilio
F
.,
sculptor
.
Vatier, Ernest, founder.
Title:
Enoch Poor, (sculpture).
Dates:
1904.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft.; Base: approx. H. 15 ft. x W. 5 ft.
Inscription:
(On proper right side of sculpture base, incised lettering:) (Left side:) CAST BY ERNEST VATIER/NEWARK, NEW JERSEY (Right side:) E.
F
.
PIATTI
SC. N.Y. 1904 (On plaque on base, raised lettering:) DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF/BRIGADIER GENERAL ENOCH POOR/BY THE NEW JERSEY SOCIETY/OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION:/BORN AT ANDOVER, MASS., JUNE 21, 1736;/DIED NEAR HACKENSACK, N. J., SEPT. 8, 1780./IN COMMAND OF A NEW HAMPSHIRE BRIGADE, HE RENDERED SIGNAL SERVICE/AT MANY BATTLES, ESPECIALLY STILLWATER, SARATOGA, NEWTOWN AND MONMOUTH./VALLEY FORGE WITNESSED HIS COURAGE IN ITS PRIVATIONS AND HIS UNSELFISHNESS/IN PROVIDING FOR THE COMFORT OF HIS SOLDIERS./HE SECURED THE RESPECT OF ALL WHO WERE UNDER HIS COMMAND, GAINED/FOR ALL TIME, THE ESTEEM OF HIS FELLOW OFFICERS, AND THE CONFIDENCE OF/WASHINGTON AND LA FAYETTE./HE WON A FAME, AS SOLDIER, PATRIOT AND CITIZEN, WHICH HAS INSPIRED THE/DESCENDANTS OF REVOLUTIONARY SIRES TO REAR THIS MEMORIAL OF HIS VIRTUES. signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Brigadier General Enoch Poor stands dressed in a Revolutionary War uniform. His head is turned slightly to the proper right. He wears a tricorn hat, a buttoned vest under a jacket with tails and brocaded shoulders, and knee-high boots with spurs. The sculpture is mounted on a base in front of a taller backdrop.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Revolution
Portrait male -- Poor, Enoch -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- General
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Hackensack
Sculpture
Owner:
Located Monroe & Court Streets, across from Bergen County Courthouse, Hackensack, New Jersey
Remarks:
The sculpture was presented by the New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. It commemorates Brigadier General Enoch Poor (1736-1780), who died near Hackensack, New Jersey during the Revolutionary War. A newspaper article in IAS files, dated Sept. 1976, refers to the finish of the sculpture as gilded.
Nearby plaque reads: GEN. ENOCH POOR/REGARDED BY WASHINGTON/AND LAFAYETTE AS A GREAT/GENERAL. HE DIED NEARBY IN/1780 AND LIES BURIED IN/THE REFORMED CHURCHYARD.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey 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 NJ000459
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
NJ000459
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