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Returned Soldier, (sculpture). Artist:  Mead, Larkin Goldsmith, 1835-1910, sculptor. Title:  Returned Soldier, (sculpture). Dates:  1867. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: white Carrara marble; Base: dark gray granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. 3 in. x 3 ft. 3 in. x 4 ft. 3 in.; Base: approx. 4 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 11 in. x 4 ft. 6 in. Inscription:  (On bottom of sculpture, proper left rear, incised letters:) L.G. Meade (sic), Jr./Florence. 1867. signed Description:  A Cavalry officer, seated, holding a young orphan girl on his proper left knee. The girl places her proper left hand on the soldier's lapel and her proper right hand to her heart. The girl is barefoot and wears a short-sleeved dress. The soldier has a beard and moustache. He wears a coat with wide lapels and a cape thrown back over his shoulders, his cavalry boots reach his knees. A sword rests beside the two figures on their proper left. The sculpture is mounted on a rectangular base. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Figure group -- Male & Child Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform State of Being -- Other -- Orphan Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Rocky Hill Sculpture Owner:  State of Connecticut, Veterans Home and Hospital, 287 West Street, Rocky Hill, Connecticut 06067 Provenance:  Formerly located Spring Grove Cemetery, Darien, Connecticut 1950-1985 Formerly located Fitch's Home for Soldiers, In front of Chapel, Darien, Connecticut 1867-1950 Remarks:  The sculpture is a replica of an original created by the artist in Italy in 1865 (now owned by the Chrysler Museum, see IAS record 55450028). Benjamin Fitch, founder of Fitch's Home for Soldiers in Darien, contracted the artist to create the sculpture after seeing the original. The sculpture cost 10,000 francs. The sculpture was placed on the grounds of Fitch's Home for Soldiers in 1867 and remained there until the buildings were raised to make way for a housing project in 1950. It was then moved to Spring Grove Cemetery until July 1985, when it was taken to the Veterans Home and Hospital in Rocky Hill. In 1985, the sculpture was restored and cleaned. Restoration included repair and replacement of a fragmented hand and part of the uniform. For related information see the Darien Historical Society Newsletter, Summer, 1984; and Autumn, 1985; and the Rocky Hill News, Aug. 7, 1985. IAS files contain fact sheet from Veterans Home & Hospital, April 1992. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993. 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 CT000335   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CT000335 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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