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    		• Edward Gorges & Son,
     
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    		• Rossi Bros.,
     
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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 -- New Hampshire -- Stoddard
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Soldiers Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Edward Gorges & Son, contractor.
    Rossi Bros., fabricator.
    Title: 
    Soldiers Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1917. Dedicated Aug. 24, 1917.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: granite; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. x 2 ft. x 20 in.; Base: approx. 109 x 54 x 54 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On front of base:) IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/OF STODDARD WHO SERVED/AS SOLDIERS AND SAILORS/IN ALL AMERICAN WARS/ERECTED BY/JAMES H. HUNT/LIEUT. CO. G. 14TH REGT./N.H. VOLS. 1862-1865/1917 unsigned
    Description: 
    Full-length figure of a Union soldier. He wears a uniform, cap and overcoat with cape. Attached to his belt are a small pouch on the proper right front, a bayonet on the proper left side and a larger pouch on the proper right rear hip. The soldier has a moustache. He holds the barrel of a rifle with his proper right hand; the butt of the gun rests on the ground in front of him. His proper left arm leans on the top of the rifle. The marble sculpture stands on a tiered marble base.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Stoddard
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Stoddard, Board of Selectmen, Route 123, Stoddard, New Hampshire 03464
    Located Stoddard Congregational Church, Stoddard, New Hampshire
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture and memorial were given to the town by James H. Hunt who had served in the Civil War. Cost of the memorial was $1,250. The sculpture was furnished by Edward Gorges & Son and was cut from Milford granite by Rossi Bros. IAS files contain copy of related excerpt from "Old Home Day and Dedication of Soldiers' Monument", Franklin, NH: Towne & Robie, pg. 1-7. IAS files contain copy of related excerpt from David Ruell's unpublished manuscript "The Public Sculpture of New Hampshire", Concord: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1980, pg. 108-109.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire 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 NH000410
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