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Porter, Raymond Averill,
Meacher & Company,
History -- United States
Figure female -- Full length
Allegory
Dress -- Accessory
Object -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Salem
Sculpture
Memorial to the Boys of the Immaculate Conception Who Served Their Country in the World War, (sculpture).
Artist:
Porter, Raymond Averill, 1883-1949, sculptor.
Meacher & Company, fabricator.
Title:
Memorial to the Boys of the Immaculate Conception Who Served Their Country in the World War, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Immaculate Conception Church Parish World War I Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
1920.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Relief: bronze; Base: pink granite.
Dimensions:
Relief: approx. 66 x 30 x 3 in.; Base: approx. 9 ft. 6 in. x 91 in. x 71 1/2 in.
Inscription:
RAYMOND AVERILL PORTER 1920 SC (On relief, shield:) FOR GOD COUNTRY AND HUMANITY (On front of base:) A MEMORIAL TO THE BOYS OF THE/IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PARISH/WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN/THE WORLD WAR (On front lower left of base:) MEACHER & CO./PEABODY signed
Description:
The memorial is a tall rectangular granite monument with a rectangular bronze relief plaque depicting an allegorical female figure in classical dress. She stands holding a shield in her proper right hand and a wreath and palm fronds in her raised proper left hand. Laurel leaves frame the sides of the figure. At the base of the memorial there are three steps.
Subject:
History -- United States -- World War I
Figure female -- Full length
Allegory
Dress -- Accessory -- Shield
Object -- Other -- Wreath
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Salem
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Salem, Public Works Department, One Salem Green, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
Located Hawthorne Boulevard, Salem, Massachusetts
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts 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 76007480
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Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
76007480
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