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Pollia, Joseph P.,
Ross, Albert Randolf,
Gorham Manufacturing Company,
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Service
Dress -- Uniform
Object -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Elizabeth
Sculpture
The Volunteer 1837-1901, (sculpture).
Artist:
Pollia, Joseph P., 1893-1954, sculptor.
Ross, Albert Randolf, architect.
Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
Title:
The Volunteer 1837-1901, (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed Oct. 12, 1925.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figure: bronze; Base: beige granite.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 96 1/2 x 34 1/4 x 34 1/4 in.; Base: approx. 3 ft. x 77 1/4 in. x 77 1/4 in.
Inscription:
GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS (Front of plinth, raised:) 1837-1901 (Back of plinth, raised:) JOSEPH P. POLLIA, SCULPTOR/ALBERT R. ROSS, ARCHITECT/KATHARINE MINAHAN, COMMISSIONAIRE (Side of plinth, raised:) .ERECTED.BY THE.CITIZENS.OF./.
ELIZABETH
.NEW.JERSEY./.OCTOBER.12TH.1925. (Other side of plinth, raised:) .MONUMENT.COMMITTEE./(Three columns of names) (Front of base:) THE VOLUNTEER unsigned Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Standing figure of a fireman in his uniform and helmet. He holds a hose with his proper right hand with its nozzle in his proper left hand. The figure is painted a statuary brown. The hose is attached to a nearby fire hydrant. He stands atop an inscribed plinth set on a multitiered base.
Subject:
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Service -- Fireman
Dress -- Uniform -- Fireman Uniform
Object -- Other -- Hydrant
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture --
New
Jersey
--
Elizabeth
Sculpture
Owner:
Union
County
Courthouse
, 2 Broad Street,
Elizabeth
,
New
Jersey
Remarks:
Erected by the citizens of
Elizabeth
,
New
Jersey
. Katharine Minahan was the commissionaire. IAS files contain complete transcriptions of the inscriptions.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture,
New
Jersey
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 NJ000088
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Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
NJ000088
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