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Dowler, Charles,
Bureau Brothers,
Portrait male -- Collyer, Samuel S.,
Occupation -- Service
Dress -- Uniform
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture -- Rhode Island -- Pawtucket
Sculpture
Samuel S. Collyer Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Dowler, Charles, sculptor.
Bureau Brothers, founder.
Title:
Samuel S. Collyer Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
1890.
Medium:
Bronze on a granite base.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 7 x 3 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 8 ft. x 4 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 6 in.
Inscription:
BUREAU BROS. PHILADELPHIA (Base rear:) ERECTED TO THE MEMORY/OF/SAMUEL S. COLLYER/WHO DIED JULY 27, 1884/WHILE IN THE DISCHARGE/OF HIS DUTY AS/CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE/PAWTUCKET/FIRE DEPARTMENT/BORN MAY 3, 1832. (Base front:) COLLYER Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Standing figure of a fire chief wearing a fire hat and a coat. His proper left foot is forward and his proper left arm is by his side. His proper right arm is forward, bent at the elbow and holding a megaphone. A bronze relief on the base depicts a horse-drawn fire team and hose cart overturned and several men on the ground, injured or in the background after the accident. Helmets and gear are strewn across the foreground.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Collyer, Samuel S., -- Full length
Occupation -- Service -- Fireman
Dress -- Uniform -- Fireman Uniform
Object Type:
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture -- Rhode Island -- Pawtucket
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Pawtucket, Parks and Recreation, 137 Roosevelt Avenue, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02861
Located Collyer Park, Mineral Spring Avenue & Main Street, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02860
Remarks:
Collyer, Chief Engineer for the Pawtucket Fire Department, died from injuries sustained when a fire engine overturned upon him enroute to an alarm. Incoming SOS! report indicates work has been nominated for National Register of Historic Places. Incoming report listed artist as C. Dowler, probably Charles Dowler.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Rhode Island survey, 1993.
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 RI000023
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