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Nathaniel Hawthorne, (sculpture). Artist:  Pratt, Bela Lyon, 1867-1917, sculptor. Sturgis, R. Clipston, 1860-1951, architect. Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder. Rockport Granite Company, fabricator. Smith & Walker, architectural firm. Title:  Nathaniel Hawthorne, (sculpture). Dates:  1910. Dedicated Dec. 23, 1925. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 9 ft. x 66 in. x 65 in.; Base: approx. 77 x 130 in. x 130 in. Inscription:  BELA PRATT 1910 / GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS (...illegible inscription) (On front of base, incised letters:) NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE 1804 - 1864 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A seated portrait of Nathaniel Hawthorne dressed in an overcoat and holding his hat and walking stick in his proper left hand. His proper right hand is on his hip. He is seated on a rock with a stump behind it. The sculpture rests on a hexagonal base. Subject:  Portrait male -- Hawthorne, Nathaniel -- Full length Occupation -- Writer -- Novelist Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Dress -- Accessory -- Cane Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Salem Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Salem, Public Works Department, One Salem Green, Salem, Massachusetts 01970 Located Hawthorne Boulevard, Salem, Massachusetts Remarks:  The sculpture was funded by the Nathaniel Hawthorne Memorial Association. The total cost of the sculpture was $50,000. R. Clipston Sturgis was the consulting architect on the sculpture project. The base was designed by architects Smith & Walker and was cut by the Rockport Granite Company. The inscription on the base was engraved ca. 1982 because the bronze base plaque had been stolen earlier. For additional reading see: "Visitor's Guide to Salem," Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1927, pg. 183 and the files of the Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1993. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MA5076, 1989. Monumental News, March 1910; Jan. 1913. Illustration:  Image on file. Monumental News, Jan. 1913, pg. 38. 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 76007525   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76007525 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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