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Morgan Cambridge,
Portrait male -- Mathew, Theobold
Occupation -- Religion
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Salem
Sculpture
Father Theobald Mathew, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Morgan Cambridge, fabricator.
Title:
Father Theobald Mathew, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated Oct. 10, 1887. Relocated 1916
Medium:
Sculpture: marble; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. x 12 in. x 19 in.; Base: approx. 109 x 54 x 54in.
Inscription:
(On front of sculpture's base:) FATHER MATHEW (On upper right back edge of base:) MORGAN CAMBRIDGE (On front of base:) ERECTED BY/THE FOLLOWERS OF/VERY REVEREND/THEOBALD MATHEW/APOSTLE OF/TEMPERANCE/BORN/10 OCTOBER 1790/DIED/8 DECEMBER 1856 (On back of base:) DEDICATED/16 OCTOBER/1887 Founder's mark appears
Description:
A standing portrait of Rev. Theobold Mathew dressed in a long cape, the edge of which he pulls up to his chest with his proper left hand. His proper right hand extended slightly. The sculpture rests on a tall gray granite base which originally had a fountain attached to the back.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Mathew, Theobold -- Full length
Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy
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 & New Derby Street, Salem, Massachusetts
Remarks:
The sculpture was originally installed on Central Street in 1887 on land that was granted to the Young Men's Catholic Temperance Society and the Father Mathew Abstinence Society by the City of Salem. It was moved to its present site in 1916.
References:
Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988.
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 87740264
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