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    		• French, Daniel Chester,
     
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    		• McKim, Charles Follen,
     
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    		• Bacon, Henry,
     
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    		• Recchia, Frank C.,
     
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    		• Brown, H. L.,
     
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    		• Skylight Studio,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Parkman, Francis
     
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    		• Occupation -- Education
     
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    		• Occupation -- Science
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Parkman Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931, sculptor.
    McKim, Charles Follen, 1847-1909, architect.
    Bacon, Henry, 1866-1924, architect.
    Recchia, Frank C., carver.
    Brown, H. L., contractor.
    Skylight Studio, founder.
    Title: 
    Parkman Memorial, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Francis Parkman Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned 1895. Installed Oct. 1906. Relief plaque recast 1990.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: Quincy granite; Relief plaque: bronze; Base: Quincy granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 20 ft. x 6 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 2 x 40 x 11 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On front:) Francis Parkman/1823-1893 (Base, floor:) Her where for many years he lived and where/He died friends of Francis Parkman have placed/this seat in token of their admiration for his/character and for his achievements unsigned
    Description: 
    The memorial consists of a tall center wall adorned at the top with a relief of a loosely draped Native American and at the bottom with a bronze relief plaque containing a profile bust of Francis Parkman. The center wall is flanked by two L-shaped benched. The sculpture rests on a two-stepped base. The floor of the base is adorned with an inscription written in recessed bronze letters.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Parkman, Francis -- Bust
    Occupation -- Education -- Historian
    Occupation -- Science -- Horticulturist
    Figure male -- Full length
    Ethnic -- Indian
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Boston, Boston Art Commission, Office of Cultural Affairs, Boston City Hall, Room 716, Boston, Massachusetts 02201
    Located Parkman Drive, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts 02118
    Remarks: 
    The memorial commemorates the life of Boston resident Francis Parkman (1823-1893) who was a famous Native-American scholar and explorer. In 1895, a group of Boston citizens headed by Lorin F. Deland formed the Parkman Memorial Committee and asked architect Charles Follen McKim to create the memorial. He approached sculptor Daniel Chester French and in 1897, McKim, French, and sculptor Augustus St. Gaudens met to determine the initial memorial. The three collaborated on the project until 1902 when architect Henry Bacon took over the project from McKim. Bacon and French submitted three different designs before one was accepted by the Parkman Memorial Committee. The final design and clay relief were not completed until 1906 due to difficulties with the design of the portrait relief plaque. In July 1906, the granite was carved by F. C. Recchia and in October 1906, the memorial was installed. The inscription written by Charles Sargent, a Harvard professor and long-time friend of Parkman, was not carved until May of 1907. The memorial was never formally dedicated.
    In 1990, Skylight Studio recast the relief plaque. IAS files contain an excerpt from Michael Richmond's "Daniel Chester French," Washington, DC: National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1976, pg. 97-102 which includes illustrations of the unaccepted designs for the memorial.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    Richman, Michael, "Daniel Chester French: An American Sculptor," New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1976, pg. 97-102.
    Public Monument Conservation Project, 1986.
    Boston Preservation Alliance "Alliance Letter," Boston: Boston Preservation Alliance, November 1988.
    Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988.
    Zoukee, Sophye M., "Adopt-A-Statue Casebook," Boston: City of Boston, 1990, pg. 52.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MA5070, 1989.
    Monumental News, Oct. 1905, pg. 685.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Richman, Michael, "Daniel Chester French: An American Sculptor," New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1976, pg. 101.
    Zoukee, Sophye M., "Adopt-A-Statue Casebook," Boston: City of Boston, 1990, pg. 52.
    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 MA000005
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