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    		• Piccirilli, Attilio,
     
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    		• Magonigle, Harold Van Buren,
     
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    		• J. L. Ward Company,
     
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    		• Animal -- Horse
     
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    		• Architecture -- Vehicle
     
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    		• Allegory -- Quality
     
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    		• Allegory -- Quality
     
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    		• Figure group -- Female & Child
     
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    		• Figure male
     
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    		• Occupation -- Service
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Firemen's Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Piccirilli, Attilio, 1866-1945, sculptor.
    Magonigle, Harold Van Buren, 1867-1935, architect.
    J. L. Ward Company, contractor.
    Title: 
    Firemen's Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated September 1913.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Fountain basin: Milford granite; Figure groups and sarcophagus: Knoxville marble; Bas-relief: bronze.
    Dimensions: 
    Total extent: 180 x 60 ft.; Sarcophagus: 20 x 25 x 8 ft.; Relief: H. 8 ft. L. 19 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On right corner of bronze relief:) ATTILLIO PICCIRILLI SCULPTOR (On sarcophagus, fountain basin side:) TO THE HEROIC DEAD OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT (On sarcophagus, back:) TO THE MEN OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT/OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK/WHO DIED AT THE CALL FO DUTY/SOLDERS IN A WAR THAT NEVER ENDS/THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED BY THE PEOPLE OF A GRATEFUL CITY/ERECTED MCMXII (On bronze plaque set into the pavement in front of the fountain basin:) MAY 1927/THIS TABLET IS DEDICATED TO THE HORSES THAT SHARED/IN VALOR AND DEVOTION/AND WITH MIGHTY SPEED/BORE ON THE RESCUE/SUBSCRIBED/UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE/AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION/OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS signed
    Description: 
    The central element is a sarcophagus with a large bronze bas-relief depicting a fire engine drawn by galloping horses. The sarcophagus is flanked by allegorical figures representing Duty and Sacrifice. Duty is a seated female holding a fireman's cap and embracing a child. Sacrifice is a female holding in her arms a dead fireman. The monument also includes an approach of steps, a platform with balustrade, and a fountain basin.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Horse
    Architecture -- Vehicle -- Fire Engine
    Allegory -- Quality -- Fortitude
    Allegory -- Quality -- Obedience
    Figure group -- Female & Child
    Figure male
    Occupation -- Service -- Fireman
    Object Type: 
    Relief
    Fountain
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of New York, Department of Parks and Recreation, The Arsenal - Central Park, New York, New York 10021
    Located Riverside Park, Riverside Drive & West 100th Street, New York, New York
    Remarks: 
    Funded by city government and public subscription. The sculpture cost $90,500. It was a gift to the City of New York by the Firemen's Memorial Fund Committee who commissioned Magonigle and Piccirilli to design the monument. Piccirilli created the bronze relief and the Magonigle created the allegorical figures. IAS files contain drawings of the memorial. Original drawings of the memorial are on file at the Olmstead Center, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Flushing, NY 11368. Additional documents regarding the memorial since 1912 are on file with the Art Commission of the City of New York. A preliminary design report on the reconstruction of the memorial and adjacent landscaping is available at Jan Hird Pokorny, Architects and Planners, 306 East 51st Street, New York, NY 10022.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    The City of New York, Department of Parks, 1941.
    Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 285.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, NY0048, 1989.
    Lederer, Joseph, "All Around the Town: A Walking Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in New York City," New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975.
    Monumental News, Feb. 1910; Jan. 1914.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 285.
    Monumental News, Jan. 1914, pg. 19 and 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 76003498
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