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Homage -- Russell, Henry Sturgis
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Milton
Fountain
Sculpture
Henry Sturgis Russell Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Walter A. Wentworth Company, contractor.
Derby, Robinson & Shepard, architectural firm.
Title:
Henry Sturgis Russell Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
1909.
Medium:
Tennessee pink marble; Base: Milford pink granite.
Dimensions:
Approx. 5 x 6 x 3 ft.
Inscription:
(On front:) IN MEMORY OF/HENRY STURGIS RUSSELL/OCTOBER MCMIX
Description:
The memorial is a fountain constructed with a rectangular block of granite adorned on each side with a semicircular fountain bowl. The large bowl on the front was originally used for watering horses. The small bowl on the back is fitted with a metal fountain faucet for people. Carved laurel leaves adorn each face of the memorial.
Subject:
Homage -- Russell, Henry Sturgis
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Milton
Fountain
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Town of Milton, Milton, Massachusetts
Located Junction of Center Street, Canton Avenue & Reedsdale Road, Milton, Massachusetts
Remarks:
Milton native Colonel Henry Sturgis Russell (1838-1905) was a horse breeder whose farm was located on Canton Road where the Indian Cliffs development is now located. Russell was imprisoned in Libby Prison during the Civil War and in 1864 became Colonel of the Fifth Massachusetts Cavalry. IAS files contain a copy of the Massachusetts Historical Commission Form C - Monuments questionnaire dated Nov. 1985. The Walter A. Wentworth Company installed the fountain memorial. The stone was furnished by N. J. Sullivan.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MA0146, 1989.
Monumental News, April 1910, pg. 296.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Monumental News, April 1910, cover.
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 MA000662
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
MA000662
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