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Baur, Theodore,
Power, Maurice J.,
Hallowell Granite Company,
National Fine Art Foundry,
History -- United States
Allegory -- Civic
Allegory -- Other
Figure group
Occupation -- Military
Outdoor Sculpture -- Maine -- Augusta
Relief
Sculpture
Figure of Patriotism, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Baur, Theodore, b. 1835, sculptor.
Power, Maurice J., 1838-1902, sculptor.
Hallowell Granite Company, fabricator.
National Fine Art Foundry, founder.
Title:
Figure of Patriotism, (
sculpture
).
Other Titles:
Victory, (
sculpture
).
Civil War Monument, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
Commissioned 1879-1880. 1881. Dedicated Sept. 21, 1882.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figure: bronze; Reliefs: bronze; Base: polished Hallowell granite.
Dimensions:
Overall: approx. H. 50 ft.
Inscription:
(At lower right corner:) Th. Bauer (sic) Sc (At lower left corner:) MJ. Power/Founder N. Y. (On plaque on front of base:) IN HONOR/OF HER HEROIC SONS WHO DIED/IN THE/WAR FOR THE UNION/AND TO COMMEND THEIR EXAMPLE/TO SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS/THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED/BY THE/CITY OF
AUGUSTA
/A. D. 1881 (The two remaining plaques contain the names of the 149
Augusta
citizens killed in the Civil War) signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Full-length allegorical female figure stands atop a column on a hexagonal tiered base. The figure represents Victory or Patriotism and wears long Classical drapery and sandals. She holds a banner in her proper right hand and a sword to her chest in her proper left hand. Three relief plaques on the base depict a soldier leaving his family to go to war, on the battlefield and returning home.
Subject:
History
--
United States
--
Civil War
Allegory
--
Civic
--
Patriotism
Allegory
--
Other
--
Triumph
Figure group
Occupation
--
Military
--
Soldier
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
Maine
--
Augusta
Relief
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of
Augusta
, Parks and Recreation, City Center,
Augusta
,
Maine
04330
Located State Street Park,
Augusta
,
Maine
Remarks:
Commissioned by the City and erected under the auspices of the Bethlehem Lodge of Free Masons and later the
Augusta
Soldiers' Monument Association. The cost was $10,000. The principal donors were Judge Richard D. Rice and Mrs. Abigail Farwell, who owned the land on which the work is sited. In 1879, the land was given to the City with the stipulation that a Civil War monument be erected. The City voted to appropriate funds on June 14, 1880. The site was originally known as
Augusta
Mall, a mustering point for Kennebec Valley troops and it was later known as Monument Park. The monument was treated by St. Hilaire Restoration of Lewiston,
Maine
. IAS files contain related articles from the Kennebec Journal, Sept. 22, 1882 and 1947, and excerpts from the books "Historical Notes on
Augusta
,
Maine
," by Joseph T. Beck (Knowlton McLeary Printers, 1962) and "Civil War Union Monuments," by Mildred C. Baruch and Ellen J. Beckman, 1978.
References:
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
Maine
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 ME000378
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