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Grant Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Partridge, William Ordway, 1861-1930, sculptor. Mosman, Melzar Hunt, 1845-1926, caster. Chicopee Bronze Works, founder. Title:  Grant Monument, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Ulysses Grant, (sculpture). Ulysses S. Grant Monument, (sculpture). Equestrian Statue of U. S. Grant, (sculpture). Equestrian Ulysses Grant, (sculpture). Dates:  1895. Dedicated April 27, 1896. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze, painted; Base: granite or limestone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 12 x 2 x 8 ft.; Base: approx. 15 x 6 x 10. Inscription:  (Center front pedestal:) GRANT (On back of base:) Presented/to the city/by the/Union League Club/of/Brooklyn/April 27th, 1896 (On bottom proper right side of sculpture:) William-Orday Partridge/Sculuptor-1895 (On bottom proper left side of sculpture:) M. H. Mosman/Founder/Chicoppe, Mass. signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Grant seated on a standing horse. He is wearing a wide brimmed hat and has his proper right hand on his hip. There is a wreath on the front of the base. Subject:  Portrait male -- Grant, Ulysses S. Occupation -- Military -- General Occupation -- Political -- President Equestrian Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Brooklyn Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of New York, Department of Parks and Recreation, The Arsenal - Central Park, New York, New York 10021 Located Grant Square, Bedford Avenue and Bergen Street, Brooklyn, New York Remarks:  Cost twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. Presented to the city of New York in 1896 by the Union League Club. Repaired in 1935. SOS survey supplied limestone as the base medium. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 The City of New York, Department of Parks, 1941. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, NY0138, 1989. Lederer, Joseph, "All Around the Town: A Walking Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in New York City," New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975, pg. 208-9. Monumental News, Feb. 1895, pg. 120. Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Lederer, Joseph, "All Around the Town: A Walking Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in New York City," New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975, pg. 209. 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 76003582   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76003582 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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