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    		• Richards, William A.,
     
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    		• John Thompson and Sons,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Emblem -- Seal
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Andersonville
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Massachusetts Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Richards, William A., sculptor.
    John Thompson and Sons, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Massachusetts Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Dec. 19, 1901.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: Quincy granite; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 9 x 6 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 4 ft. 8 in. x 10 ft. 7 in. x 7 ft. 10 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On front of base:) (Block at top:) DEATH BEFORE/DISHONOR (Panel, below Massachusetts state seal:) -ERECTED-/BY THE/COMMONWEALTH/IN MEMORY OF/HER SONS WHO DIED/IN ANDERSONVILLE./1864-1865 (Top tier of bottom base, raised lettering:) MASSACHUSETTS (On back of base:) (Block at top:) KNOWN DEAD/767 (Panel:) RESOLVES 1900/CHAPTER 77/APPROVED MAY 28/W. MURRAY CRANE/GOVERNOR/COMMISSION/(List of members of monument commission) unsigned
    Description: 
    A monument consisting of a polished granite ball atop a base with an arched top. The base is made of rough-hewn blocks which frame a smooth center tablet. Affixed to the front tablet is the Massachusetts state seal. The sculpture rests on a three-tiered base. The bottom two tiers have rough-hewn sides.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Emblem -- Seal
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Andersonville
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia
    Located Andersonville National Historic Site, 496 Cemetery Road, Andersonville, Georgia 31711
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was installed by the State of Massachusetts at a cost of $3,400 in memory of 767 Massachusetts soldiers who died while detained at Andersonville Prison. The sculpture was built by John Thompson and Sons of Quincy, Massachusetts. IAS files related article from Southern Living (June 1993): pg. 8; an Andersonville Official Map and Guide; a National Park Service Classified Structure Field Inventory Report, Dec. 1975; and a related excerpt from Bill Burnett's "Andersonville Monuments," Andersonville National Historic Site Library.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994.
    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 GA000600
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