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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Gould, Thomas Ridgeway,     Unknown (Florence, Italy),     Portrait male -- Andrew, John Albion     Occupation -- Political     Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Hingham     Gravestone     Sculpture

Governor John Albion Andrew, (sculpture). Artist:  Gould, Thomas Ridgeway, 1818-1881, sculptor. Unknown (Florence, Italy), founder. Title:  Governor John Albion Andrew, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Governor John A. Andrew Statue, (sculpture). Dates:  1875. Dedicated Oct. 8, 1875. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: Carrara marble; Base: Vermont marble. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. 9 in. x 3 ft. 3 in. x 2 ft. 2 in.; Base: approx. H. 5 ft. x Diam. 39. Inscription:  (On Carrara marble base, prroper left side of sculpture:) T.R. GOULD. Inv. et Fecit./FLORENCE 1875 (On front of base, in raised letters:) ANDREW signed Description:  A standing portrait of John Albion Andrew with his proper left hand resting on his hip. He is dressed in a double-breasted frock coat and wears a long cloak over his shoulders. With his proper right hand he grasps the side edge of his cloak. The sculpture rests on an octagonal base adorned on the front with a relief of wings. Encased in the cavities of the base are lead cases containing twenty-five documents. Subject:  Portrait male -- Andrew, John Albion -- Full length Occupation -- Political -- Governor Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Hingham Gravestone Sculpture Owner:  Coadministered Hingham Cemetery Corporation, 12 South Street, Hingham, Massachusetts 02043 Coadministered by Town of Hingham, Historical Commission, 7 East Street, Hingham, Massachusetts 02043 Located Hingham Cemetery, 12 South Street, Hingham, Massachusetts Remarks:  John A. Andrew (1818-1867) was a lawyer and a strong abolitionist who served as governor of Massachusetts from 1960-1865. When he died, he was burried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery, but two years later his body was moved to Hingham Cemetery according to his wish to be burried in his adopted home town. On December 13, 1871, at the annual reunion of officers of the 32nd Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers, a committee was forned to provide a monument for Governor Andrew's unmarked grave. Thomas Gould sculpted the likeness of Governor Andrew from his earlier marble bust sculpted in 1863. At the dedication ceremony, the monument association turned the sculpture over to the Hingham Cemetery Corporation with a $300 gift to help with the sculpture's upkeep. The monument association also prepared the documents that are burried in the base of the sculpture. IAS files contain an excerpt from the dedication program that lists the document consealed in the base. For additional information see the Hingham Journal, July 3, 1985 and the Boston Globe, Sept. 10/11, 1875. References:  Hingham Historical Society, 1990. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts 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 21620002   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 21620002 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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