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Shaffer, O. V.,
History -- United States
Mythology -- Classical
Literature -- Whittier
Outdoor Sculpture -- Maine -- Bangor
Sculpture
Memorial to the Second
Maine
Regiment of Volunteers, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Shaffer, O. V., 1928-2021, sculptor.
Title:
Memorial to the Second
Maine
Regiment of Volunteers, (
sculpture
).
Other Titles:
Luther H. Peirce Memorial to the Second
Maine
Regiment, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
1962.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture
: bronze figure on stone marker; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture
: approx. 30 ft. x 8 ft. x 19 in.; Base: approx. 2 in. x 12 ft. x 9 ft.
Inscription:
(Incised on stone, front:) NOT PAINLESSLY DOTH GOD RECAST/AND MOULD ANEW THE NATION/SECOND
MAINE
REGIMENT/OF VOLUNTEERS/BATTLE RECORD JULY 1861-MAY 1863/BULL RUN/YORKTOWN/HANOVER COURT HOUSE/GAINE'S MILL/MALVERN HILL/MANASSAS 2ND BULL RUN/ANTIETAM/SHEPHERDSTOWN FORD/FREDERICKSBURG/CHANCELLORSVILLE (Incised on stone plaque at foot of
sculpture
: IN MEMORY OF THE/SECOND
MAINE
REGIMENT/OF VOLUNTEERS/GIFT OF/LUTHER H. PEIRCE/A MEMBER OF THAT REGIMENT
Description:
A winged figure is installed on a plain rectangular marker. The wings are upraised, as though in flight, as the figure falls.
Subject:
History
--
United States
--
Civil War
Mythology
--
Classical
--
Icarus
Literature
--
Whittier
--
Luther's Hymn
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
Maine
--
Bangor
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Mount Hope Cemetery, Office of the Superintendent, 1038 State Street,
Bangor
,
Maine
04401
Located Mount Hope Cemetery, Mount Hope Avenue,
Bangor
,
Maine
Remarks:
Commissioned by the Executive Committee of the Mount Hope Cemetery Corporation per the bequest of Luther H. Peirce, a member of the Second
Maine
Regiment of Volunteers. IAS files contain a 1968 booklet from the Corporation entitled "Memorial to the Second
Maine
Regiment of Volunteers," which details a history of the regiment and the monument.
References:
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
Maine
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 ME000354
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
ME000354
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