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    		• J. W. Fiske Iron Works,
     
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    		• Kemp, Witt,
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Seymour
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Children, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    J. W. Fiske Iron Works, founder.
    Kemp, Witt, sculptor.
    Title: 
    The Children, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1930.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Painted non-ferrous metal on a concrete and stone base.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 4 ft. 10 in. x Diam. 1 ft. 10 in.; Base: approx. H. 1 ft. x Diam. 4 ft. 8 in.
    Inscription: 
    J.W. FISKE/MANUFR NEW YORK Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A boy and a girl standing under an umbrella in front of low foliage. The boy stands in front wearing knee-length britches and is holding the umbrella square in front of him. The girl stands behind and to his proper right. She is wearing a bonnet. They stand on a two-stage round concrete base, faced with stones, which is mounted on a square concrete slab. A perimeter wrought-iron fence runs along the top edge of the slab.
    Subject: 
    Children
    Dress -- Accessory -- Umbrella
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Seymour
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Seymour, Department of Public Works, Derby Avenue, Seymour, Connecticut 06483
    Located Town Hall, 1 First Street, Seymour, Connecticut 06483
    Provenance: 
    Formerly in the collection of Howard, John, Seymour, Connecticut 06483
    Remarks: 
    Inscription on a plaque in front of the piece reads: PRESENTED TO/THE TOWN OF SEYMOUR/BY THE SEYMOUR HISTORICAL SOCIETY/SEPTEMBER, 1985/THIS BEAUTIFUL FOUNTAIN STATUE/HAS BEEN RETURNED TO GRACE THE/PROPERTY THAT IT ONCE ADORNED/IT'S NICE TO BE BACK HOME.
    The land currently occupied by Town Hall was formerly the site of the John Howard home and garden. When the Town Hall was built, the statue was moved to a park, then the basement of a house, where it was rediscovered by the Seymour Historical Society and returned to its present site c. 1983. The umbrella was missing and was recreated by Witt Kemp.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut 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 CT000101
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