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Ball, Thomas,
Royal Foundry,
Portrait male -- Quincy, Josiah
Occupation -- Political
Occupation -- Political
Occupation -- Education
Occupation -- Writer
Occupation -- Law
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Sculpture
Josiah Quincy, (sculpture).
Artist:
Ball, Thomas, 1819-1911, sculptor.
Royal Foundry, founder.
Title:
Josiah Quincy, (sculpture).
Dates:
Modeled 1878. Cast 1879. Dedicated Sept. 17, 1879.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figure: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Figures: approx. 9 ft. 4 in. x 2 ft. 8 in. x 2 ft. 8 in.; Base: approx. 9 ft. 6 in. x 7 ft. 7 in. x 7 ft. 7 in.
Inscription:
(Base front:) JOSIAH QUINCY/1778-1864/
MASSACHUSETTS
SENATE,1804/ CONGRESS, 1805-1813/JUDGE OF MUNICIPAL COURT, 1822/MAYOR OF
BOSTON
, 1823-1828/PRESIDENT HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 1829-1845 (Base side:)Erected A.D. 1879 from a fund bequeathed to the
City
of
Boston
by Jonathan Phillips (Proper right side, base:) T. Ball Sc. 1878 (Proper left side, base:) Gegossen durch FERD v. MILLER & SOHNE/Munchen 1879 signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Full-length standing portrait. Subject wears cloak which he is pulling forward in front of himself with his proper left hand. Statue stands on granite base.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Quincy, Josiah -- Full length
Occupation -- Political -- Mayor
Occupation -- Political -- Statesman
Occupation -- Education
Occupation -- Writer -- Author
Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture --
Massachusetts
--
Boston
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by
City
of
Boston
,
Boston
Art Commission, Office of Cultural Affairs,
Boston
City
Hall
, Room 716,
Boston
,
Massachusetts
02201
Located
Old
City
Hall
, Courtyard, School Street,
Boston
,
Massachusetts
Remarks:
The statue commemorates Josiah Quincy, five time mayor of
Boston
and among those responsible for erecting Faneuil
Hall
Market; Congressman from 1805 to 1813, and 1829 to 1845. The statue was funded through the Jonathan Phillips fund. For further reading see: Edwin Monroe Bacon's "
Boston
of Today,"
Boston
Post Pub. Co., 1892 and Allan Forbes and Ralph M. Eastman's "Some Statues of
Boston
,"
Boston
: State Street Trust Co., 1946, pg. 54-55.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture,
Massachusetts
survey, 1993.
Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater
Boston
: From Newburyport to Plymouth,"
Boston
: The Harvard Common Press, rev. ed., 1993, pg. 70.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Zoukee, Sophye M., "Adopt-A-Statue Casebook,"
Boston
:
City
of
Boston
, 1990.
Boston
Art Commission, 1991.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MA5099, 1989.
Monumental News, Sept., 1894, pg. 434.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater
Boston
: From Newburyport to Plymouth,"
Boston
: The Harvard Common Press, rev. ed., 1993, pg. 71.
Monumental News, Sept. 1894, pg. 434.
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 76008827
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
76008827
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