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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Adams, Herbert,     Platt, Charles Adams,     Gorham Manufacturing Company,     Portrait male -- Ericsson, John     Portrait male -- Bushnell, Cornelius Scranton     Animal -- Bird     Animal -- Fish     Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- New Haven     Sculpture

Memorial to Cornelius Scranton Bushnell, (sculpture). Artist:  Adams, Herbert, 1858-1945, sculptor. Platt, Charles Adams, 1861-1933, architect. Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder. Title:  Memorial to Cornelius Scranton Bushnell, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Cornelius Scranton Bushnell Monument, (sculpture). Eagle, (sculpture). Dates:  1906. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Eagle and relief sculpture: bronze; Pedestal: pink granite. Dimensions:  Eagle alighting on orb: approx. H. 88 x W. 65 in.; Bronze double-portrait relief: H. 20 x w. 24 in.; Bronze Monitor relief: L. 20 in.; Pedestal shaft: H. 94 x W. at base, 50 1/2 x L. of plinth 110 1/2 in.; Inscription:  (Signed below orb:) HERBERT ADAMS (Left side of eagle base, toward rear:) Gorham Co. Founders (On base: THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED/IN HONOR OF/CORNELIUS SCRANTON BUSHNELL/A CITIZEN OF NEW HAVEN TO/WHOSE FAITH PERSISTENCE/AND PATRIOTISM THE/COUNTRY IS INDEBTED FOR/THE CONSTRUCTION OF/THE MONITOR/FROM PLANS MADE BY/JOHN ERICSSON (Below relief of Monitor:) THE MONITOR DEFEATED THE/MERRIMAC/MARCH 9TH 1862 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Bronze relief plaque with double portrait of Cornelius Scranton Bushnell and John Ericsson and the ship Monitor, on front of a tiered granite pedestal, topped by a bronze eagle with outstretched wings alighting on a sphere supported by four fish. Subject:  Portrait male -- Ericsson, John -- Bust Portrait male -- Bushnell, Cornelius Scranton -- Bust Animal -- Bird -- Eagle Animal -- Fish Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- New Haven Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of New Haven, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Trees, 720 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut 06515 Located Chapel Street, at Derby Avenue, across from 22 Derby Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut Remarks:  A reduced replica of this sculpture is in Brookgreen Gardens (South Carolina). The sculpture honors a prominent New Haven resident, Cornelius Scranton Bushnell, who played a part in the construction of the Monitor, a Civil War steel-clad ship. The memorial was funded through public subscription at a cost of more than $5,000. References:  Ambler, Louise Todd & Marilyn Gage Hyson, unpublished checklist, 2001-2003. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, CT0047, 1989. Monumental News, Dec. 1905, pg. 814. Office of Cultural Affairs, City of New Haven, 2007. 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 75001823   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75001823 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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