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Perry, Daniel J.,
History -- United States
Figure female -- Full length
Allegory -- Civic
Object -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- Vermont -- Swanton
Sculpture
Civil War Monument, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Perry, Daniel J., sculptor.
Title:
Civil War Monument, (
sculpture
).
Other Titles:
Soldier's Monument, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
1868. Dedicated 1868.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
White marble on a gray marble base.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. H. 10 ft.; Base: approx. H. 10 ft. x W. 5 ft. 6 in.
Inscription:
(Carved on base front:) ERECTED BY THE TOWN OF
SWANTON
/in memory of/HER PATRIOT SOLDIERS/who fell in the/WAR OF THE REBELLION (Base inscribed on three sides with the names of 29 soldiers, their rank, regiment and place of death and date.
Description:
A "Goddess of Liberty," standing holding a flag in her proper left hand.
Subject:
History
--
United States
--
Civil War
Figure female
--
Full length
Allegory
--
Civic
--
Liberty
Object
--
Other
--
Flag
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
Vermont
--
Swanton
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by
Swanton
Village, First Street,
Swanton
Village Complex,
Swanton
,
Vermont
05488
Located Junction of Grand Avenue (Rte. 7), Canada Street (Rte. 78), at the top of the Park & Merchant's Row,
Swanton
,
Vermont
05488
Remarks:
IAS files contain information from: Perry, John B., and George Barney, "History of the Town of
Swanton
,"
Swanton
, VT, 1882, pg. 1063. The monument was erected by a town vote at a cost of about $2,000. It was done in memory of the soldiers from
Swanton
who died in the Civil War in 1861. It was the first major
outdoor
commission for the
Swanton
native, Daniel J. Perry.
References:
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
Vermont
survey, 1992.
Perry, John B., and George Barney, "History of the Town of
Swanton
,"
Swanton
, VT, 1882, pg. 1063.
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 VT000181
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
VT000181
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