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Josiah Bartlett, (sculpture). Artist:  Gerhardt, Karl, 1853-1940, sculptor. Ames Manufacturing Company, founder. Title:  Josiah Bartlett, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated July 4, 1888. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. x 2 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 12 x 7 x 7 ft. Inscription:  (On proper right side, bronze base of sculpture:) Karl Gerhardt Sculptor/HARTFORD CONN (On upper front base plaque:) JOSIAH BARTLETT/BORN AT AMESBURY MASSACHUSETTS 1729./DIED AT KINGSTON NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1795./PATRIOT, SCHOLAR, STATESMAN,/A DELEGATE TO THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS/A SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE./WITH STARK AT BENNINGTON./A MEMBER OF THE CONVENTION WHICH RATIFIED/THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES./CHIEF JUSTICE, PRESIDENT, AND FIRST/GOVERNOR OF NEW HAMPSHIRE./NOT MORE ILLUSTRIOUS FOR PUBLIC SERVICES/THAN FOR PRIVATE VIRTUES./THIS MONUMENT ERECTED JULY 4, 1888./AND DEDICATED TO HIS COUNTRYMEN/BY A CITIZEN OF AMESBURY. (On lower front base plaque:) PRESENTED BY/JACOB R. HUNTINGTON signed Description:  A standing portrait of Josiah Bartlett holding a quill pen in his proper right hand and the Declaration of Independence scroll up in his proper left hand. The sculpture rests on a tall square base at the far end of the square. Subject:  Portrait male -- Bartlett, Josiah -- Full length Occupation -- Medicine -- Doctor Occupation -- Political -- Governor Occupation -- Law -- Chief Justice Object -- Written Matter -- Declaration of Independence Object -- Other -- Writing Tool Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Amesbury Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Town of Amesbury, Amesbury Historical Commission, 62 Friend Street, Town Hall, Amesbury, Massachusetts 01913 Located Huntington Square, School & Main Streets, Amesbury, Massachusetts Remarks:  The sculpture was modeled from portrait by painted by John Trumbull. In 1967 the sculpture was turned so that it faces the East rather than the South. IAS files contain a copy of the Massachusetts Historical Commission Form C - Object questionnaire dated June 1989. The Daily Evening Transcript (Boston), Dec. 9, 1887, 6:4 indicates that a contract for the casting was awarded to Ames. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MA0151, 1989. Monumental News, March 1910, pg. 216. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997. Moore, Merl M., Jr., 1994. Daily Evening Transcript (Boston), Dec. 9, 1887, 6:4. 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 77002872   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 77002872 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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