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Hastings, William Granville,
Raelfiders,
History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Dress -- Uniform
Object -- Other
Object -- Weapon
Occupation -- Military
Animal -- Bird
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Orange
Sculpture
Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Hastings, William Granville, ca. 1868-1902, sculptor.
Raelfiders, founder.
Title:
Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Civil War Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated May 30, 1899.
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: pink-gray granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 8 x 3 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 13 x 10 x 10 ft.
Inscription:
(Illegible founder mark:) RAELFIDERS (?) (On front of base:) IN HONOR OF/OUR/SOLDIERS/AND/SAILORS/1861-1865 Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Full-length figure of a color-sergeant in Civil War uniform. He wears a cap, overcoat and boots. In his proper right hand, which is raised high, he holds a raised sword. In his proper left hand he holds a furled flag. The base of the flagstaff rests on the ground beside his proper right foot. The flagstaff, which rises high above the soldier's head, is topped with an eagle. The bronze sculpture stands atop a pink-gray marble pedestal and stepped base. The corners of the pedestal have decorative eagles and other relief carvings.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Figure male -- Full length
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object -- Other -- Flag
Object -- Weapon -- Sword
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Orange
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Orange, Department of Parks and Public Property, 29 North Day Street, Orange, New Jersey 07050
Located Orange Military Common, Main Street & Princes Street, Orange, New Jersey 07051
Remarks:
The memorial was sponsored by the Uzal Dodd Post Grand Army of the Republic. Subscriptions amounting to $6,000 helped defray the cost of the memorial. IAS files contain excerpt from "The Municipalities of Essex County, Vol. II", Lewis Publishing, pg. 567; and excerpt from David Pierson's "History of the Oranges to 1921", Lewis Publishing, 1932, Vol. 2, pg. 435.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1995.
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 NJ000539
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
NJ000539
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