Attack on Indian Fort, (sculpture).

Attack on Indian Fort, (sculpture).

Bartlett, Paul Wayland, 1865-1925, sculptor.

Attack on Indian Fort, (sculpture).

Connecticut State Capitol: North Elevation, (sculpture).

1908. Dedicated July 30, 1908.

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Approx. 6 x 9 x 1 ft.

(Below relief:) Attack on a Indian Fort

Depicts an attack on Indian Fort, commemorating the Pequot War of 1637.

History -- United States -- Pequot War of 1637

History -- United States -- Connecticut

Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Hartford

Administered by State of Connecticut, Office of Legislative Management, Legislative Office Building, 210 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut 06106

Located Connecticut State Capitol, 210 Capitol Avenue, North Entrance, Hartford, Connecticut 06106

One of five bas-relief scenes and six statues on the Capitol's north facade, all associated with significant figures and events from the pre-Revolutionary War history of Connecticut. The sculptural ornamentation on the north elevation was commissioned and created as an integrated whole under the artistic supervision of Paul Wayland Bartlett. The works were commissioned by the State Commission on Sculpture primarily between 1906-1908 and dedicated July 30, 1908, with the exception of Brooks' statue of Wadsworth installed in 1916.

For further reading see: Marion Hepburn Grant's "In and About Hartford-Tours and Tales," (Hartford, Connecticut Historical Society, 1978), pg. 193; and The Hartford Courant, June 2, 1985 (Northeast Magazine supplement on State Capitol), pg. 21.

For related unpublished source materials see: "Hartford's Outdoor Sculpture," exhibition catalogue (April 1981), Trinity College, Hartford, pg. 43; background materials for exhibit on state-commissioned sculpture prepared by Robert Xaver Johnson, 1988 (State Archives, Connecticut State Library, Hartford); and "A Grand Restoration Project," (prepared by League of Women Voters of Connecticut, Education fund, for Capitol information and tours, n.d.).

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, CT0052, 1989.

Monumental News, Jan. 1905, pg. 36.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.

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