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Dwight, B. F.,
History -- United States
Animal -- Dolphin
Object -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Ashfield
Fountain
Sculpture
Civil War Monument - Fountain, (sculpture).
Artist:
Dwight, B. F., sculptor.
Title:
Civil War Monument - Fountain, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Veterans Monument (Civil War), (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1866-1867. Dedicated Sept. 28, 1867. Relocated ca. 1917.
Medium:
Fountain: granite and red Gloucester granite; Base: stone.
Dimensions:
Fountain: approx. H. 6 ft.; Base: approx. W. 5 ft. x D. 5 ft.
Inscription:
(On front:) TO THE/EVERLASTING/MEMORY/OF THE/SONS OF ASHFIELD/WHO DIED FOR/THEIR COUNTRY/IN THE WAR OF/NATIONALITY/1861-1865 (On back:) ERECTED 1867 (On side: list of eleven names) unsigned
Description:
The fountain consists of a granite pillar topped by an urn and adorned on each side with a small curved basin and a dolphin water spout. Each side of the pillar features a pink granite inscription plaque. The base is a low square block of stone.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Animal -- Dolphin
Object -- Other -- Vase
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Ashfield
Fountain
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Town of Ashfield, Ashfield, Massachusetts
Located Center Cemetery, Norton Hill Road, Ashfield, Massachusetts
Remarks:
In March 1866, the town voted to raise $650 for the installation of a monument to those who had lost their lives during the Civil War. Later it was decided to make the monument a fountain bearing the names of fallen Ashfield soldiers. Originally, the fountain was installed on the corner of Main and Norton Hill Road, but when a new Civil War monument (IAS record MA000280) was placed in Plain Cemetery by Samuel Williams in 1917, the decision was made to move the fountain to Center Cemetery. IAS files contain a copy of the Massachusetts Historical Commission Form C - Monuments questionnaire.
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 MA000281
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Inventory of American Sculpture
MA000281
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