General Draper, (sculpture).

General Draper, (sculpture).

Pollock, Courtenay, 1877-1943, sculptor.

General Draper, (sculpture).

Dedicated May 30, 1910.

Sculpture: bronze; Base: Milford pink granite.

Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft.; Base: approx. H. 6 ft.

(On front of base:) GENERAL DRAPER/1842-1910

Full-length bronze figure of General W. F. Draper, dressed in military uniform. The sculpture stands atop a tall, rough-hewn base of granite.

Portrait male -- Draper, William F. -- Full length

Formerly located Draper residence, Adin Road, Hopedale, Massachusetts 1910-1929.

The sculpture has been missing since 1929. It is reported to be buried in the ground on the grounds of the Hopedale Junior-Senior High School, located on the former grounds of the Draper residence. IAS files contain a photocopy of the sculpture from Milford Journal, May 30, 1910. For related material see Milford Daily News, May 28 and 31, 1910 and Tri-County Advertiser, Nov. 21, 1988, pg. 4. See also Alfred Roe's "Monuments, Tablets and Other Memorials", Boston: Wright & Potter, 1910, pg. 63.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1996.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MA0035, 1989.

Monumental News, June 1910, pg. 432.

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.

Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

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