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Kitson, Theo Alice Ruggles,
History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Newburyport
Sculpture
Volunteer, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Kitson, Theo Alice Ruggles, 1871-1932, sculptor.
Title:
Volunteer, (
sculpture
).
Other Titles:
Volunteer of 1861, (
sculpture
).
Civil War Memorial: The Volunteer, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
Copyrighted 1901. Cast 1902. Dedicated July 4, 1902.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture
: bronze; Base: stone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture
: approx. 8 x 3 x 4.5 ft.; Base: approx. 6 x 6 x 7 ft.
Inscription:
(On proper right side of bronze base:) THEO A. RUGGLES-KITSON/sculptor/COPYWRITTEN 1901 (On rear of bronze base:) The Henry-Bonnard Bronze co./Founders, N.Y. 1902 (On front of boulder, in raised bronze numbers:) '61-'65 signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A bronze figure of a Civil War soldier returning from the war is mounted on a large stone boulder. The soldier carries his rifle over his proper right shoulder and hooks his proper left thumb on his belt. As he walks, he steps over a branch of Southern Pine. A canteen and a small kit bag are slung over his proper left hip.
Subject:
History
--
United States
--
Civil War
Figure male
--
Full length
Occupation
--
Military
--
Soldier
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
Massachusetts
--
Newburyport
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of
Newburyport
,
Newburyport
,
Massachusetts
Located Atkinson Common, High Street & Moseley Avenue,
Newburyport
,
Massachusetts
01950
Remarks:
A monument association was formed on Jan. 18, 1896 consisting of representatives from the A. W. Bartlett Post, No. 49 of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Belleville Improvement Society, and the Woman's Relief Corps. Funds for the
sculpture
were raised through members of the monument association. IAS files contain an excerpt from John J. Currier's "The History of
Newburyport
Massachusetts
1764-1905, Somersworth, NH: New Hampshire Publishing Co., 1977, pg. 220-221. Additional information is available at the
Newburyport
Library, Hamilton Room archives.
References:
Index of American
Sculpture
, University of Delaware, 1985
Historical Society of Old Newbury, 1977.
National Park Service, American Monuments and
Outdoor
Sculpture
Database, MA5049, 1989.
Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988.
Monument News, August 1913, pg. 555.
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
Massachusetts
survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Currier, John J., "The History of
Newburyport
Massachusetts
1764-1905, Somersworth, NH: New Hampshire Publishing Co., 1977, pg. 220.
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 77000675
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
77000675
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