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    		• Kitson, Theo Alice Ruggles,
     
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    		• Gorham Manufacturing Company,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Hopkinton
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Doughboy, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Kitson, Theo Alice Ruggles, 1871-1932, sculptor.
    Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
    Title: 
    The Doughboy, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Marching Doughboy, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1931. Dedicated Nov. 8, 1931.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 7 x 3 x 3 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 6 x 4 x 4 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Sculpture, rear of bronze base, right side:) THEO A. RUGGLES KITSON SC (Sculpture, rear of bronze base, left side:) GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS (Base, plaque on front:) TO . HONOR . THE . MEN/OF . HOPKINTON/WHO . SERVED . IN . THE/WORLD . WAR . 1917 . 1919/(list of names)/THIS MEMORIAL ERECTED 1931 signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    The bronze figure of a World War I doughboy carrying his rifle over his proper right shoulder is mounted atop a tall square granite base. The soldier is walking with his proper left leg forward. Adjacent to his proper right foot is a German World War I helmet. His proper left arm swings at his side and his proper left hand is clenched in a fist. A field pack, a water canteen, and a helmet are strapped to his back.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- World War I
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Hopkinton
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Hopkinton, 18 Main Street, Hopkinton, Massachusetts 01748
    Located Route 135 & Ash Street, Hopkinton, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    IAS files contain an excerpt entitled, "Report of the World War Memorial Committee," from Hopkinton's Annual Town Report, 1931, pg. 44-45. Additional information on the sculpture is available in the Doughboy/Kitson file at the Hopkinton Library.
    References: 
    Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1996.
    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 87740201
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