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Borglum, Gutzon,
Figure group -- Male
Religion -- Puritan
Occupation -- Other
History -- United States
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Newark
Relief
Stele
Fountain
Sculpture
First Landing Party of the Founders of
Newark
, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941, sculptor.
Title:
First Landing Party of the Founders of
Newark
, (
sculpture
).
Other Titles:
Pilgrim Drinking Fountain, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
Dedicated 1916.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Marble.
Dimensions:
Sculpture
: approx. 9 ft. 6 in. x 56 in. x 23 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 7 in. x 29 ft. x 10 ft.
Description:
A tall marble stele carved on the front with a relief of two male Pilgrims conversing, above which is a narrow frieze depicting Pilgrims in daily activities. At the foot of the stele is a rectangular fountain basin. The back of the stele is engraved with the names of
Newark
's founders. The stele rests in the center of a flat rectangular stone base.
Subject:
Figure group
--
Male
Religion
--
Puritan
Occupation
--
Other
--
Colonist
History
--
United States
--
New
Jersey
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
New
Jersey
--
Newark
Relief
Stele
Fountain
Sculpture
Owner:
Located Saybrook Place,
Newark
,
New
Jersey
Remarks:
The back of the stele is engraved with the names of men from Milford and Branford in the
New
Haven colony who composed the original group of settlers under the secular leadership of Robert Treat. The 1995 SOS! survey notes that the
sculpture
is scheduled to be moved upon completion of arts center in
Newark
.
References:
Index of American
Sculpture
, University of Delaware, 1985.
"
Newark
Museum Quarterly,"
Newark
, N.J.:
Newark
Museum Association, Winter 1975.
National Park Service, American Monuments and
Outdoor
Sculpture
Database, NJ5001, 1989.
Monumental News, Nov. 1919, pg. 792.
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
New
Jersey
survey, 1995.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Monumental News, Nov. 1919, pg. 792.
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 76001615
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Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
76001615
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