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A. Ghioli,
History -- United States
History -- United States
History -- United States
History -- United States
History -- United States
Figure female -- Full length
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Occupation -- Military
Allegory -- Civic
Object -- Other
Animal -- Bird
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Waterford
Sculpture
Kavanaugh Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
A. Ghioli, fabricator.
Title:
Kavanaugh Monument, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated 1922. Steles: June 1989.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite; Tablets: granite.
Dimensions:
Overall: approx. 35 ft. x 14 1/2 ft. x 7 ft. 7 in.
Inscription:
A. GHIOLI QUINCY MASS. (Lower front of column:) TO THE GLORY OF GOD/IN GRATEFUL REMEMBERENCE (sic)/OF OUR HEROES WHO SERVED/IN ALL WARS FOR THE TRIUMP (sic)/OF RIGHT AND FREEDOM/WATERFORD/A GIFT FROM/CHARLES H. KAVANAUGH TO HIS HOMETOWN/1922 (Tablet on left side of monument:) CIVIL WAR/(twenty-seven
male
names follow)/WORLD WAR I/(eight
male
names follow)/TOWN OF WATERFORD, JUNE 10, 1989 (Tablet on right side of monument:) WORLD WAR II/(twenty
male
names follow)/KOREA/(three
male
names follow)/VIETNAM/(four
male
names follow)/TOWN OF WATERFORD/JUNE 10, 1989 Founder's mark appears.
Description:
The monument consists of a bronze sculpture of a female
figure
standing atop a tall, square granite column flanked at its base by bronze figures of a World War I soldier and World War I sailor. The female
figure
, possibly representing Liberty, holds a flag in her proper left hand and a laurel wreath in her proper right hand. She has shoulder-length hair and wears a tiara with a five-pointed star. She is dressed in long robes that are belted at the waist. Below her on her proper left, the soldier carries a gun with a bayonet and marches with his proper left leg forward. Below her on her proper right, the sailor carries a gun with a bayonet and marches with his proper right leg forward. On the lower front of the column, there is a bronze eagle with wings spread, holding a quiver of arrows, laurel leaves, and an olive branch in its talons. The memorial is flanked by two commemorative tablets listing the names of those who serve in the Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
Subject:
History
--
United States
--
Civil War
History
--
United States
--
World War I
History
--
United States
--
World War II
History
--
United States
--
Korean War
History
--
United States
--
Vietnam War
Figure
female
--
Full
length
Figure
male
--
Full
length
Occupation
--
Military
--
Soldier
Occupation
--
Military
--
Sailor
Allegory
--
Civic
--
Liberty
Object
--
Other
--
Flag
Animal
--
Bird
--
Eagle
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture
--
New York
--
Waterford
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Town of Waterford, Parks Department, 65 Broad Street, Waterford, New York 12188
Located Memorial Park, 1st & Broad Street, Waterford, New York
Remarks:
The $25,000 cost of the monument was donated by C. Kavanaugh. Originally, the monument was to have been installed in Flat Iron Park, but it was feared that a natural spring at that site would damage the piece. For additional information see Sidney Hammersley's "The History of Waterford," 1957.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York 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 NY000493
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