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Schweizer, J. Otto,
Portrait female -- Pitcher, Molly
Occupation -- Medicine
History -- United States
History -- United States
Figure group
Architecture -- Military
Occupation -- Military
State of Being -- Illness
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Carlisle
Sculpture
Molly
Pitcher
, (sculpture).
Artist:
Schweizer, J. Otto, 1863-1955, sculptor.
Title:
Molly
Pitcher
, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated June 28, 1916.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: metal; Base: stone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 6 x 5 x 1 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 6 x 10 x 4 ft.
Inscription:
(On proper left rear of bronze base of sculpture:) J. Otto Schweizer, Sc (On left side of each bronze base relief:) J. Otto Schweizer, Sc (On front of stone base:) MOLLY/
PITCHER
/MARY/MCKOLLY/MCCAULEY/MARY HAYS/NEE/MARY LUDWIG/BORN OCTOBER 13, 1744/DIED JANUARY 22, 1832 (On plaque on back of base:) ERECTED BY/THE/COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA signed
Description:
A standing
portrait
of
Molly
Pitcher
holding a cannon tamper in her hands and carrying a water cask strapped across her body. The sculpture rests on a stone base adorned with two bronze relief plaques illustrating scenes from the Battle of Monmouth. The relief on the left side of the base depicts
Molly
Pitcher
tending to wounded soldiers on the battlefield while nearby soldiers are engaged in battle. The relief on the right side of the base depicts
Molly
Pitcher
in the heat of battle ramming shot into a cannon.
Subject:
Portrait
female
--
Pitcher
,
Molly
--
Full
length
Occupation
--
Medicine
--
Nurse
History
--
United States
--
Revolution
History
--
United States
--
Battle of Monmouth
Figure group
Architecture
--
Military
--
Battlefield
Occupation
--
Military
--
Soldier
State of Being
--
Illness
--
Wound
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture
--
Pennsylvania
--
Carlisle
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Borough of Carlisle, 53 West South Street, Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013
Located Graveyard on East South Street, Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013
Remarks:
Molly
Pitcher
was a Revolutionary War heroine who, when her husband was wounded, took his place manning a cannon during the Battle of Monmouth. This monument to
Molly
Pitcher
was dedicated on the one hundred and thirty-eighth anniversary of the Battle of Monmouth. IAS files contain an article from the Evening Sentinel (Carlisle, PA), June 28, 1916.
A nearby plaques reads: MARY LUDWIG HAYS ("
MOLLY
PITCHER
") ACCOMPANIED HER HUSBAND/DURING HIS SERVICE IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY AND RENDERED/VALUABLE SERVICE IN THE CAPACITY OF AN ARMY NURSE AND BY/REASON OF HER MANY ACTS OF KINDNESS BECAME KNOWN THROUGH-/OUT THE ARMY, FROM THE OFT-REPEATED EXPRESSION "HERE COMES
MOLLY
AND HER
PITCHER
," AS "
MOLLY
PITCHER
."/AT THE BATTLE OF MONMOUTH, JUNE 28, 1776, SERGEANT JOHN HAYS/WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED AND AS HE FELL TO THE GROUND
MOLLY
/SPRANG TO THE CANNON HE HAD BEEN SERVING, WHICH CANNON/HAD BEEN ORDERED TO THE REAR, BUT BEFORE THE GUN COULD BE/WITHDRAWN SHE HAD TAKEN HER HUSBAND'S PLACE AND RENDERED/SUCH VALIANT SERVICE THAT GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON AFTER/THE BATTLE THANKED HER PERSONALLY FOR HER BRAVERY AND/HEROIC ACTION./"
MOLLY
PITCHER
" (MARY HAYS)/(poem by Sarah Woods Parkinson).
The inscription on another nearby plaque reads: MARY LUDWIG ("
MOLLY
PITCHER
")/DAUGHTER OF JOHN LUDWIG/BORN OCTOBER 13, 1744 - DIED JANUARY 22, 1832/MARRIED JOHN HAYS 1769 - JOHN HAYS ENLISTED DECEMBER 1,/1776 IN PROCTOR'S FIRST PENNSYLVANIA ARTILLERY - RE-ENLISTED/JANUARY 1, 1777/SERGEANT JOHN HAYS WAS WOUNDED AT THE BATTLE OF MONMOUTH/JUNE 28, 1778./MARY LUDWIG HAYS ("
MOLLY
PITCHER
") RETURNED TO CARLISLE, PA./WITH HER WOUNDED HUSBAND AND AFTER HIS DEATH SHE MARRIED/SERGEANT GEORGE MCKOLLY (OR MCCAULEY)./SHE DIED JANUARY 22, 1832, AND WAS BURIED WITH MILITARY HONORS./THE PENNSYLVANIA ASSEMBLY 1821-1822 GRANTED A PENSION TO/
MOLLY
MCKOLLY (OR MCCAULEY) FOR SERVICES RENDERED./THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENN-/SYLVANIA JUNE 28, 1916/COMMISSIONERS: (list of names).
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
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 76008012
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