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    		• Cook & Watkins,
     
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    		• Higgins, N. H.,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Maine -- Bar Harbor
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Civil War Monument-Bar Harbor, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Cook & Watkins, fabricator.
    Higgins, N. H., contractor.
    Title: 
    Civil War Monument-Bar Harbor, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1896-1897. Dedicated Nov. 6, 1897.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: Barre granite; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Overall: approx. 32 x 11 x 11 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On base, front:) IN MEMORY/OF/EDEN'S SONS/WHO WERE/DEFENDERS OF THE UNION/1861-1865 (On base, rear:) ERECTED A.D. 1897
    Description: 
    Full-length figure of a uniformed Union soldier stands atop a tiered base and square pedestal with columnic corners. His proper right hand is on his hip and he holds his rifle vertically by the barrel in his proper left hand. He wears a long, caped coat, cap and moustache. Decorative elements on the pedestal honor each branch of the military. The Infantry is represented by flags and muskets, the Artillery by cannon and shot, the Navy by anchor and capstan and the Cavalry by crossed sabres and bugles.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Maine -- Bar Harbor
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Bar Harbor, Parks & Recreation, Lower Ledge Lawn Avenue, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609
    Located Mount Desert Street, Route 3, Bar Harbor, Maine
    Remarks: 
    The Town of Bar Harbor was previously called Eden. The monument was commissioned under the auspices of the James M. Parker Post, Grand Army of the Republic. The Post first raised the issue at a Town Meeting in 1895, and the Town allocated $4,500 for the work between 1896 and 1897. IAS files include an excerpt "Historical Notes on Mount Deer Island," by Barbara Ellen Joy.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maine survey, 1994.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, ME0006, 1989.
    Monumental News, April 1897, pg. 252.
    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 ME000368
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