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Choate Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Rhind, John Massey, 1860-1936, sculptor. Roman Bronze Works, founder. Title:  Choate Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicate Oct. 16, 1923. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: pink granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 4 ft. 1 in. x 5 ft. 10 in.; Base: approx. 99 in. x 11 ft. 3 in. x 12 ft. 10 in. Inscription:  (Sculpture, lower edge, right side:) MASSEY RHIND SC / CAST BY ROMAN BRONZE WORKS NY (Base, incised on front:) JOSEPH HODGES/CHOATE/1832-1917/LAWYER - STATESMAN - PATRIOT signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  The monument is topped by a seated allegorical female figure representing Liberty holding up a laurel wreath in her raised proper right hand. In her proper left hand she holds a shield adorned with an eagle and thirteen stars. The sculpture rests on a block of granite adorned on the front with a circular relief depicting the head of Joseph Hodges Choate surrounded by a laurel wreath. The sculpture is installed directly in the middle of the street. Subject:  Figure female -- Full length Portrait male -- Choate, Joseph Hodges -- Head Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty Occupation -- Law -- Judge Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer Occupation -- Political -- Statesman Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Salem Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Salem, Public Works Department, One Salem Green, Salem, Massachusetts 01970 Located Highland Avenue at Boston Street, Salem, Massachusetts References:  Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1994. 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 87740263   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 87740263 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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