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    		• Foley, Frank,
     
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    		• Kinsman & Mills,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Animal -- Bird
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Lisbon
     
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    Civil War Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Foley, Frank, designer.
    Kinsman & Mills, contractor.
    Title: 
    Civil War Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated 1923.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: Barre granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 16 in. x 2 ft. 8 in. x 13 in.; Base: approx. 11 ft. 4 in. x 5 1/2 ft. x 5 1/2 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque on front of base:) IN MEMORY OF/THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS/WHO SERVED IN/THE CIVIL WAR/1861-1865/ERECTED IN 1923/BY/COLONEL EMERY/WOMEN'S RELIEF CORPS NO. 20/LISBON/NEW HAMPSHIRE (On front of first step of base:) LISBON
    Description: 
    A bronze eagle with wings outspread sits atop a granite shaft. The front face of the shaft is decorated near the top with a bronze relief trophy of a crossed flag and rifle. On the proper left side of the base is a bronze relief trophy of a star; and on the proper right side is a bronze relief trophy of crossed rifles. The granite shaft ends in two steps; the outer edges of the bottom step are rough-hewn.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Lisbon
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Lisbon, P. O. Box 222, Lisbon, New Hampshire 03585
    Located United Methodist Church, Main Street, Lisbon, New Hampshire
    Remarks: 
    The monument was dedicated on Memorial Day, 1923. Funds for the monument, which cost $2,350, were raised by the Colonel Emery Women's Relief Corps No. 20 of Lisbon. IAS files contain copy of related article from Littleton (NH) Courier, May 31, 1923; and excerpt from David Ruell's unpublished manuscript "The Public Sculpture of New Hampshire", Concord: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1980, pg. 202.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Littleton (NH) Courier, May 31, 1923.
    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 NH000535
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