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The Drummer Boy, (sculpture). Artist:  Behl, Wolfgang, 1918-1994, sculptor. Title:  The Drummer Boy, (sculpture). Dates:  1976. Dedicated July 5, 1976. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: fieldstone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 6 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 1 ft. 11 in. x 4 ft. 8 in. x 4 ft. 4 in. Inscription:  (On plaque on base:) THE BROWN DRUM/MADE IN BLOOMFIELD AND CARRIED/IN THE REVOLUTION SYMBOLIZES/THE SPIRIT OF FREEDOM, JUSTICE/AND EQUALITY WHICH CONTINUES TO/BURN BRIGHTLY IN THIS PROUD/CONNECTICUT TOWN/JUNE 5, 1976 unsigned Description:  Standing male figure playing a drum suspended from his shoulders. The figure is dressed in an overcoat and boots and holds a drumstick in each hand. Two geese with outstretched necks stand to the drummer's proper right. Subject:  History -- United States -- Revolution History -- United States -- Connecticut Figure male -- Full length Object -- Musical Instrument -- Drum Animal -- Bird -- Goose Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Bloomfield Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Town of Bloomfield, Parks and Recreation Department, 330 Park Avenue, Bloomfield, Connecticut 06002 Located Opposite 800 Bloomfield Avenue, Bloomfield, Connecticut Remarks:  (On nearby plaque:) THE VILLAGE GREEN/SYMBOLIZING THE BEGINNINGS AND/CENTER OF COMMUNITY LIFE/THE BLOOMFIELD VILLAGE GREEN/HAS EXISTED SINCE THE 1700'S RESTORED BY WINTONBURY PARK REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT/WINTONBURY PARISH 1735/TOWN OF BLOOMFIELD 1835/1963-1973/BLOOMFIELD REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY; (On second plaque:) THE DRUMMER/WOLFGANG BEHL. SCULPTOR/FOR THE BICENTENNIAL COMMITTEE/JUNE 1976 The Brown Drum factory, a Bloomfield company, manufactured drums, such as the one depicted in this sculpture, that were used in the Revolutionary War. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993. "From Wintonbury to Bloomfield," Bloomfield, CT: Wintonbury Historical Society, 1983, pg. 217. 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 CT000046   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CT000046 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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