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    		• Monumental Bronze 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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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Salem
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    (Merritt Camp Civil War Memorial), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Monumental Bronze Company, founder.
    Title: 
    (Merritt Camp Civil War Memorial), (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1886.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Figure: metal, possibly painted; Base: metal, possibly painted.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. H. 8 ft.; Base: approx. 15 ft. x 90 in. x 90 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On back lower edge:) MONUMENTAL BRONZE CO BRIDGEPORT CT. (On upper front of base, raised:) 1866 (On lower front of base, raised:) ERECTED AND DEDICATED/BY/LIEUT. COL. HENRY MERRITT CAMP/No. 8, S. OF V., U.S.A., SALEM, MASS. (On back of base:) FOR ALL HE WAS AND ALL HE/DARED,/REMEMBER HIM TO-DAY (On side of base, above G.A.R. seal:) GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC 1861-1866 VETERAN (On lower side of base, raised:) FORT SUMPTER (On other lower side of base, raised:) APPOMATTOX Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A figure of a mustached Civil War soldier, dressed in a military uniform consisting of a knee-length jacket, a cape, and a brimmed cap, stands at parade rest holding an upright flagpole in his proper left hand. The base of the flagpole rests near his proper left foot. The figure's proper right arm is raised slightly in front of him at waist level. The figure is placed atop a highly ornate base that is decorated on the front with the seal of Salem, on the back with an eagle, a shield, and flags, on one side with the seal of Massachusetts, and on the other side with the G.A.R. seal.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object -- Other -- Flag
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Salem
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Salem, Public Works Department, One Salem Green, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
    Located Greenlawn Cemetery, Near front on Appleton Street side, Salem, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    Erected and dedicated by Lieut. Col. Henry Merritt, Camp No. 8, S. of V., U.S.A., Salem, Massachusetts.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1993.
    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 MA000027
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