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Barnicoat, S.,
Gorham Manufacturing Company,
Portrait male -- Lewis, Bachariah
Equestrian
Occupation -- Military
Occupation -- Monetary
Occupation -- Industry
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Walpole
Sculpture
Lieutenant Lewis Monument, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Barnicoat, S., sculptor.
Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
Title:
Lieutenant Lewis Monument, (
sculpture
).
Other Titles:
Lewis Square Equestrian Statue, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
1911.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture
: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture
: approx. 8 x 5 x 8 ft.; Base: approx. H. 4 ft. x W. 5 ft.
Inscription:
S. BARNICOAT SC. / GORHAM CO. Founders (On side of base:) 1663 LIEUT. LEWIS 1710/OFFICER IN THE WARS OF KING WILLIAM AND QUEEN ANNE./ CONSTABLE TYTHINGMAN, TAX COLLECTOR AND SURVEYOR WHO ON HIS FAITHFUL HORSE COVERED FROM ROXBURY TO WRENTHAM, LAYING OUT WAYS AND DRIVING FROM OUR WOODS AND SWAMPS THE PROWLING WOLF AND SAVAGE FOE./TO SGT. WILLIAM AND JUDITH M. LEWIS 1804-1897, BY THEIR CHILDREN, ISAAC NEWTON LEWIS AND MARY P. LEWIS, 1911 --LEST MEN FORGET. EQUES. signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
The monument features Lt. Barachiah Lewis astride his horse. He is dressed in his military uniform which includes a tall hat, a belted jacket, and long boots. His head is turned to his proper left and his proper left hand is raised to shields his eyes. Both Lt. Lewis and his horse look off into the distance on their proper left.
Subject:
Portrait male
--
Lewis, Bachariah
--
Full length
Equestrian
Occupation
--
Military
--
Lieutenant
Occupation
--
Monetary
--
Tax Collector
Occupation
--
Industry
--
Engineering
Dress
--
Uniform
--
Military Uniform
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
Massachusetts
--
Walpole
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Town of
Walpole
,
Walpole
,
Massachusetts
Located East & Plimpton Streets,
Walpole
,
Massachusetts
Remarks:
Lt. Barachiah Lewis was a tythingman, a tax collector, and a surveyor. In 1705, as an officer in the military during Queen Anne's War, Lt. Lewis was responsible for moving Native Americans to the Natick and Ponkapoag Reservations and preventing them from camping in the area east of
Walpole
. The
sculpture
is installed on the place where Lt. Lewis made his drive against the Native Americans. Lt. Lewis is the father of pioneer Isaac Lewis (1701-1749). The
sculpture
was commissioned by Isaac Newton Lewis and Mary P. Lewis in honor of their parents, Sgt. William and Judith M. Lewis (1804-1897). IAS files contain a copy of the
Massachusetts
Historical Commission Form C - Monuments questionnaire dated June 1978. For additional information see DeLue's "The Story of
Walpole
," pg. 46.
References:
Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988.
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
Massachusetts
survey, 1997.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988, pg. 175.
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 87740280
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