Liberty Monument, (sculpture).

Liberty Monument, (sculpture).

Keck, Charles, 1875-1951, sculptor.

Roman Bronze Works, founder.

Liberty Monument, (sculpture).

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 20 ft. x 6 ft. x 87 in.; Base: approx. H. 3 ft. x Diam. 170 in.

(On cylindric piece, left:) CHARLES KECK/SCULPTOR 1924 (On bottom, rear:) CAST BY ROMAN BRONZE WORKS, N.Y. (Around top of cylindric piece, in raised lettering:) TICONDEROGA GATEWAY TO THE AMERICAN COLONIES (On plaque on rear of sculpture:) GIVEN BY/HORACE A. MOSES/NATIVE OF TICONDEROGA/BECAUSE OF HIS LOVE/FOR THIS HISTORIC SPOT/1924 (Additional inscriptions appear on four sides of the pedestal) signed Founder's mark appears.

An elaborate multiple figure cast bronze sculpture supported by a granite base. The sculpture's cylindrical drum is topped by an allegorical female figure of Liberty, with upraised proper left arm and dressed in billowing dress and cape. Three figures (two soldiers and an Indian) are "hiding" in the foliage at her feet. The bottom of the bronze drum is flanked by four life-size figures of an Indian (north east corner), and three soldiers: French (north west corner), English/Highlander (south west corner), and American (south east corner). The Indian holds a tomahawk pointing downward in his proper right hand, and wears buckskin trousers and a feathered headdress. The two figures at the rear corner are a uniformed French soldier from the Montcalm era and a Royal Highlander of the British Armies of Abercombie and Amherst in a Black Watch kilt. Both figures hold their rifles vertically in front of them, though the French soldier's is diagonal and the Highlander's is upright. The sculpture has a three-stepped base and is set within a traffic circle. Bronze bas-relief seals of the original thirteen colonies are embedded in the sidewalk of the traffic island, encircling the sculpture.

Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty

History -- United States -- Indian Wars

History -- United States -- French & Indian War

History -- United States -- Revolution

Ethnic -- Indian

Ethnic -- French

Ethnic -- British

Ethnic -- Scottish

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Ticonderoga

Located Intersection of Montcalm Street & Route 9, Ticonderoga, New York

Commissioned by Horace A. Moses as a gift to commemorate the various efforts of the Indian, French, British and American nations to settle in Ticonderoga. IAS files contain the full text of the inscriptions on the monument and portions of the dedication program.

IAS files contain condition assessment prepared by Heidi Miksh, Conservator, New York State Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Peebles Island, Waterford, NY, April 2, 1994.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.

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.

Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

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