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    		• Elwell, Frank Edwin,
     
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    		• Gorham Manufacturing Company,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Orange
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Dispatch Rider of the American Revolution, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Elwell, Frank Edwin, 1858-1922, sculptor.
    Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
    Title: 
    The Dispatch Rider of the American Revolution, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1906. Dedicated June 14, 1907.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 9 ft.; Base: approx. 36 x 32 x 32 in.
    Inscription: 
    P. (sic) Edwin Elwell Sc 1906 Born at Concord Mass 1893 GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS (On lower back of figure's cape, cast:) Committee/David D. Pierson/Thomas W. Williams/Alden Freeman/Mrs. C. B. Yardley DAR/Aaron Adams Treasurer (On plaque on proper left side of base:) THIS.STATUE.WAS.DEDICATED/FRIDAY.JUNE 14TH.1907.CENTENNIAL.OF/FIRST.TOWN.MEETING.OF.ORANGE.ALSO.THE/150TH ANNIVERSARY.OF.THE.ADOPTION.OF/THE.STARS.AND.STRIPES.AS.OUR.NATIONAL/EMBLEM.IN.MEMORY.THE.MEN.AND.WOMEN./OF.THIS.COMMUNITY.WHO.ASSISTED.IN/ESTABLISHING.AMERICAN.INDEPENDENCE. signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Full-length figure of a man dressed in Revolutionary War attire. His hair is pulled back into a ponytail. He holds a tri-corner hat in his proper left hand. His proper right hand is extended and holds a dispatch packet. He wears a sword at his proper left hip, a pistol at his proper right hip, a belted tailcoat and a long, flowing cape. The bronze sculpture stands atop a granite base.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Revolution
    Figure male -- Full length
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Orange
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by First Presbyterian Church in Orange, Main Street at Scotland Road, Orange, New Jersey 07050
    Located First Presbyterian Church, Cemetery, Orange, New Jersey
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was erected by the Revolutionary Monument Association. Cost of the sculpture and base was $5,000. IAS files contain excerpt from David Pierson's "History of the Oranges", Lewis Publishing Company, 1932, pg. 447-448; and excerpt from Eleanor Sterling Clark's "Orange, New Jersey, 1806-1956", Citizens Sesquicentennial Committee, 1956, pg. 39.
    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 NJ000541
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