Pony Express, (sculpture).

Pony Express, (sculpture).

Longman, Evelyn Beatrice, 1874-1954, sculptor.

Malmfeldt, Adams, Prentice, architectural firm.

Pony Express, (sculpture).

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Approx. 5 ft. x 55 ft. x 4 in.

(Proper right of figures:) ACROSS UNBOUNDED REACHES OF THE SKY/OVER LONG TRAILS UPON THE LAND/BY LAKES BY RIVERS AND THE TRACKLESS SEA (Proper left of figures:) IN TEMPEST AND IN CALM BY DAY AND NIGHT/WE SPEED AT YOUR COMMAND AND BEAR/THE TIDINGS AND THE TREASURES OF MANKIND

A relief on the entablature level of the front facade of a building. The relief is comprised of two men, each riding a horse. The men and horses are centrally located. Words are on either side of them. Both riders are nude. The rider on the proper right has a cloak around his neck which is blowing back in the wind. He is leaning forward and passing a paper to the man in front of him with his proper right hand. The man in front holds the reins of his horse in his proper left hand and reaches back for the paper with the other hand.

Occupation -- Service -- Postman

Figure group -- Male -- Nude

Object -- Written Matter -- Scroll

Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Hartford

Administered by United States Government, General Services Administration, 450 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06103

Located 135 High Street, Hartford, Connecticut

This building was designed by the architectural firm of Malmfeldt, Adams and Prentice as part of the Federal government's Works Progress Administration construction program. The building originally housed a Post Office and the Federal Courthouse. It is not known if the artist also did the eagles located on the corners of the building. Margaret Samu (2002) and Rabetz catalog (1993) report date as 1938.

Samu, Margaret, 2002.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993.

Andrews, Gregory E. & David F. Ransom, "Structures and Styles: Guided Tours of Hartford Architecture," Hartford, CT: The Connecticut Historical Society, 1988.

Rabetz, Marilyn & Walter, "Evelyn Beatrice Longman Batchelder exhibition, April 24 to June 15, 1993," Windsor, CT: Richmond Art Center of the Loomis Chaffee School, 1993, pg. 31.

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