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    		• Potter, Edward Clark,
     
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    		• Gorham Manufacturing Company,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Equestrian
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Object -- Musical Instrument
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Brookline
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Soldiers Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Potter, Edward Clark, 1857-1923, sculptor.
    Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
    Title: 
    The Soldiers Monument, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Soldier's Memorial, (sculpture).
    Brookline Civil War Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1915.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: sandstone or limestone (?).
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 20 x 3.3 x 9.7 ft.; Base: approx. 8.55 ft. x 9 ft. 1 in. x 16.25 ft.
    Inscription: 
    E. C. POTTER / SC 1915 / Gorham Co. Founders (Base, Washington Street side:) TO THE MEN OF BROOKLINE/WHO HEARD THE CALL OF DUTY/AND OFFERED THEIR LIVES/IN DEFENSE OF THE UNION/1861-1865 (Base, front plaque:) COMMEMORATING BROOKLINE "MUDDY RIVER" A PART OF BOSTON FOUNDED 1630/BROOKLINE/INCORPORATED 1705 signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A soldier, dressed in uniform, is mounted astride his horse holding a bugle up to his mouth with his proper right hand. In his proper left hand, he holds the horse's reins. On the back of his saddle is a bedroll. The horse is rearing slightly and its left front hoof is raised.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure male -- Full length
    Equestrian
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Object -- Musical Instrument -- Bugle
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Brookline
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Brookline, Parks Department, 25 Newton Street, Larz Anderson Park, Brookline, Massachusetts 02146
    Located Washington & School Streets, Brookline, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was commissioned by the City of Brookline to commemorate participation in the Civil War by local citizens. For additional information see Albert Roe's "Monuments, Tables & Other Memorials Erected in Massachusetts."
    References: 
    Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MA0006, 1989.
    Monumental News, Feb. 1913, pg. 125.
    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 87740169
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