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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Power, Maurice J.,     M. J. Power Bronze Founder,     History -- United States     Figure male -- Full length     Occupation -- Military     Dress -- Uniform     Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Ossining     Sculpture

Soldiers' Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Power, Maurice J., 1838-1902, sculptor. M. J. Power Bronze Founder, founder. Title:  Soldiers' Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  1887. Replacement soldier: 1937. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze or zinc; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft.; Base: approx. W. 7 ft. x D. 7 ft. Inscription:  (On plinth:) MJ POWER/BRONZE FOUNDER/NY (Plaque on base lists names of soldiers) Founder's mark appears. Description:  Full-length uniformed Civil War soldier stands atop a tapered base. The figure wears a long caped coat and cap. He has a moustache and a small beard. He holds his rifle in front of him along side his inside proper left leg. His proper right hand is around the barrel and his proper left hand rests on top. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Ossining Sculpture Owner:  Monument Park, Pleasantville Road & Brookville Avenue, Ossining, New York Remarks:  The Soldiers' Monument was originally sited on a fifteen foot tall granite shaft at the intersection of Croton and North Highland. Erected in 1887, it replaced an earlier town war memorial of a kneeling angel (see IAS record NY001819) in Merchants Square. When some town members objected to the angel and suggested that a soldier be more appropriate for the town's war memorial, a soldier statue was reportedly borrowed from Sleepy Hollow Cemetery and the new Soldiers Monument erected. It stood at Croton and North Highland until 1930, when it was moved to its current site because of changing traffic patterns. In 1939, the "borrowed" soldier was returned, and a new soldier statue purchased for $2,750. The monument's granite base was cleaned by sandblasting in 1969 as part of a Village beautification project. The statue was restored in May 1988 by Stuart Dean Inc., New York City. IAS files contain material from the Ossining Public Library and the Ossining Historical Society, including the names listed on the plaques. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994. 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 NY001820   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NY001820 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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