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Connecticut State Capitol: South Elevation, (sculpture). Artist:  MacNeil, Hermon A., 1866-1947, sculptor. Title:  Connecticut State Capitol: South Elevation, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Gideon Welles, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1934. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: marble; Base: marble. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 6 x 2.5 x 2 ft. Inscription:  (Carved on plinth:) WELLES Description:  A full-length portrait of Gideon Welles, dressed in period attire. He stands in a niche with Gothic canopy on second story level of south facade of State Capitol. Subject:  Portrait male -- Welles, Gideon -- Full length Occupation -- Political -- Secretary of the Navy Occupation -- Writer -- Editor Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Hartford Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  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, South Entrance, Hartford, Connecticut 06106 Remarks:  One of four portrait statues located on south facade of State Capitol honoring individuals important in Connecticut's history. The sculpture was commissioned under the supervision of the State Commission on Sculpture and installed around 1934. Gideon Wells (1802-1878) was editor of The Hartford Times and Secretary of the Navy (1860-1869) under presidents Lincoln and Johnson. The sculpture was cleaned and restored as part of a complete restoration of the State Capitol, completed in 1985. For further reading see: Marion Hepburn Grant's "In and About Hartford-Tours and Tales," (Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, 1978), pg. 193. For related unpublished source materials see: "Hartford's Outdoor Sculpture," exhibition catalogue (April 1981), Trinity College, Hartford, pg. 43; background materials for exhibit on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.). References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. 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 75001691   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75001691 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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