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Manger, Heinrich,
Hussey, Silas,
Ames Manufacturing Company,
History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Rochester
Sculpture
(Soldiers Monument), (sculpture).
Artist:
Manger, Heinrich, b. 1833, sculptor.
Hussey, Silas, fabricator.
Ames Manufacturing Company, founder.
Title:
(Soldiers Monument), (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated Sept. 6, 1872. Remodelled 1884. Rededicated May 30, 1885.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. 3 in. x 30 in. x 30 in.; Base: approx. 23 ft. x 6 ft. 6 in. x 6 ft. 6 in.
Inscription:
(On proper left side of self-base:) H. MANGER SC. (On proper right side of self-base:) AMES MANUF. CO/CHICOPEE, MA. (On front of base:) IN COMMEMORATION OF/THE VALOR AND PATRIOTISM OF THE/VOLUNTEERS OF ROCHESTER, WHO IN/THE WAR OF 1861 GAVE THEIR LIVES/FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE UNION/ERECTED BY THE TOWN AD 1885 (27 names are inscribed on the proper left and proper right side of the base) signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Full-length figure of a Union soldier. He wears a uniform including a cap and a caped overcoat. He holds a gun barrel with both hands; the butt of the gun rests on the ground in front of him. The bronze sculpture stands atop a tall shaft of light granite. The shaft sits on top of a dark granite die which rests on two low steps.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Rochester
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Rochester, Public Building Department, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester, New Hampshire 03867
Located Town Common, Rochester, New Hampshire
Remarks:
In 1872 the town of Rochester appropriated $3,000 to enclose the Common and erect a monument. The monument was dedicated on Sept. 6, 1872. In 1884 the monument was deemed unsatisfactory and a new appropriation of $3,000 was made. Hussey designed and built the granite base for the new monument using part of the old monument as well as new granite. The sculpture was purchased in Chicopee, MA by members of the monument committee. An additional $500 was appropriated the following year to cover remaining costs. IAS files contain transcription of names listed on monument. IAS files contain related article from Rochester Courier, Dec. 26, 1884; excerpts from David Ruell's unpublished manuscript "The Public Sculpture of New Hampshire", Concord: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1980, pg. 12-13; Franklin McDuffee's "History of the Town of Rochester, NH", 1892, pg. 233-236; and "Rochester Annual Report", 1885, 1886.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1995.
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 NH000406
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