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    		• Kitson, Theo Alice Ruggles,
     
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    		• Merrill, Alphonso T.,
     
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    		• Gorham Manufacturing Company,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Figure group -- Male
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• State of Being -- Illness
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Topsfield
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Wounded Color Sergeant, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Kitson, Theo Alice Ruggles, 1871-1932, sculptor.
    Merrill, Alphonso T., designer.
    Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
    Title: 
    The Wounded Color Sergeant, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated July 25, 1914.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 12 ft. x 34 in. x 10 ft.; Base: approx. H. 54 in. x W. 51. in.
    Inscription: 
    Gorham Co. N.Y. (On sculpture:) THEO A. RUGGLES KITSON SC. (On bronze plaque on front of base:) IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/TOPSFIELD/WHO ENLISTED IN DEFENSE/OF THEIR COUNTRY IN/THE GREAT REBELLION OF/1861-1865/THE BEQUEST OF/JUSTIN ALLEN M.D./A PRACTICING PHYSICIAN IN THE TOWN FOR OVER FORTY YEARS/1914 signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    The sculpture depicts a wounded color sergeant lying on the ground, his proper right arm extended having just passed his flag to a fellow soldier who marches on, carrying the flag in his raised proper right hand. The sculpture rests on a square base.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Figure group -- Male
    Occupation -- Military -- Sergeant
    Object -- Other -- Flag
    State of Being -- Illness -- Wound
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Topsfield
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Topsfield, Board of Selectmen, Main Street, Topsfield, Massachusetts 01983
    Located Topsfield Common, Main & High Streets, Topsfield, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    When local physician Dr. Justin Allen died in 1908, his will provided $8,000 to the Town of Topsfield to erect a monument to commemorate the citizens of Topsfield who enlisted in the army during the Civil War. The sculpture was modeled from a design submitted by Alphonso T. Merrill. IAS files contain an excerpt from George Francis Dow's "The History of Topsfield," Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1940, pg. 230.
    References: 
    Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts 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 87740277
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