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Gerhardt, Karl,
Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company,
Portrait male -- Boyden, Seth
Occupation -- Science
Occupation -- Industry
Object -- Tool
Object -- Tool
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Newark
Sculpture
Seth Boyden, (sculpture).
Artist:
Gerhardt, Karl, 1853-1940, sculptor.
Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, founder.
Title:
Seth Boyden, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated 1890.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Base: approx. 10 ft. x 90 in. x 90 in.
Inscription:
Karl Gerhardt/(...illegible) / Cast by Henry Bonnard Bronze Co.
New
York (On base plaque:) SETH BOYDEN/BORN - NOVEMBER 17, 1788 FOXBOROUGH MASS/DIED MARCH 31, 1870 HILTON, NJ/PIONEER IN MECHANICS; BENEFACTOR OF/INDUSTRY; LOVED WORK THAT HIS FELLOW/MAN MIGHT BE BENEFITTED; A MECHANICAL/GENIUS; A PHILOSOPHER; A MODEST HELPFUL/CITIZEN OF
NEWARK
; AN INSPIRING EXAMPLE/FOR YOUNG AND OLD; HIS INVENTIVE FACULTY/LED HIM FAR AFIELD INTO ART PHYSICS/CHEMISTRY HORTICULTURE AND BOTANY/ACHIEVEMENTS/1910 NAIL AND BRAD MAKING MACHINES/1815 LEATHER SPLITTING MACHINERY/1819 PATENT LEATHER/1826 MALLEABLE IRON/1837 LOCOMOTIVE FOR MORRIS AND ESSEX R.R./1845 STEAM ENGINE CUT-OFF/1845 REDUCTION OF ZINC ORES/1855 DEVELOPED HILTON STRAWBERRIES/1868 OROIDE METAL/1868 MACHINE TO FORM HAT BODIES/PRODUCED THE FIRST DAGUERREOTYPE IN/THIS COUNTRY/AIDED MORSE IN DEVELOPING TELEGRAPHY/"SETH BOYDEN WAS ONE OF AMERICA'S/GREATEST INVENTORS" THOMAS A. EDISON/TABLET ERECTED NOVEMBER 17, 1926 signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A standing portrait of Seth Boyden with a anvil on his proper right side and a large hammer held in his proper left hand. He is dressed in a heavy work apron. The sculpture rests on top of a tall square base.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Boyden, Seth -- Full length
Occupation -- Science -- Inventor
Occupation -- Industry -- Manufacturing
Object -- Tool -- Anvil
Object -- Tool -- Hammer
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture --
New
Jersey
--
Newark
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by
City
of
Newark
,
Department
of
Engineering
, 970 Broad Street,
City
Hall,
Newark
,
New
Jersey
07102
Located Washington Park,
Newark
,
New
Jersey
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
"
Newark
Museum Quarterly,"
Newark
, N.J.:
Newark
Museum Association, Winter 1975.
Save Outdoor Sculpture,
New
Jersey
survey, 1995.
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 76001622
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
76001622
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