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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Amherst
     
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    Noah Webster, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Paddock, Willard Dryden, 1873-1956, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Noah Webster, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Monument ot Noah Webster, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Copyrighted 1914.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 8 ft. x W. 12 ft.; Base: approx. 8 x 24 x 2 1/2 ft.
    Inscription: 
    Willard D. Paddock Sculpt. Copyright 1914 (On back of granite bench:) I KNOW IN WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED AND AM PERSUADED THAT HE IS ABLE TO KEEP THAT WHICH I HAVE COMMITTED TO HIM AGAINST THAT DAY/NOAH WEBSTER -HIS FAITH signed
    Description: 
    A bronze allegorical figure draped in classical robes is seated on a granite bench with its proper right arm resting on the back of the bench and its proper left arm resting on a scroll unfurled across its lap. The figure's robes are loosely draped across the back of the granite bench. The bench is adorned at each end with carved wings and a shallow bronze urn.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Webster, Noah
    Figure male -- Full length
    Object -- Written Matter -- Scroll
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Amherst
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002 Accession Number: S 1914 l
    Located Amherst College, North side of Frost Library, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002
    Remarks: 
    The monument was given by Richard Billings, class of 1897, as a memorial to Noah Webster whose deeds and interests so resembled those of his own father, Frederick Billings (who helped found the University of California). The quote inscribed on the back of the bench is Webster's dying testimony. The sculpture cost $25,000. IAS files contain a copy of the Amherst College cataloging sheet for the monument.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
    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 MA000246
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