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Lexington Minuteman Marker, (sculpture). Artist:  Paeff, Bashka, 1893-1979, sculptor. Roesseler & Sons, founder. Title:  Lexington Minuteman Marker, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Lexington Minute Man Marker, (sculpture). Dates:  1948. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 3 x 6 x 1 ft.; Base: approx. 2 x 8 x 3 ft. Inscription:  Bashka Paeff Sc. 1948 / Roesseler & Sons (Inc.) Woburn, Mass. (On front of bronze base:) THESE MEN GAVE EVERYTHING DEAR IN LIFE, YEA AND LIFE ITSELF IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMON CAUSE (On front of granite base:) MEMORIAL TO THE LEXINGTON MINUTEMEN OF 1775 (On back: list of Minutemen at Lexington Town Green) signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A relief depicting six minutemen in the heat of battle on the Lexington Town Green. Five of the men are firing their rifles. The sixth is wounded and seated on the ground. The relief is oval and rests on a rectangular, stepped granite base that is surrounded by a wrought iron fence. Subject:  History -- United States -- Revolution Figure group -- Male Occupation -- Other -- Colonist Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Architecture exterior -- Military -- Battlefield State of Being -- Illness -- Wound Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Lexington Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Town of Lexington, Lexington, Massachusetts 02173 Located Lexington Center, East side of Bedford Street, opposite Town Green, Lexington, Massachusetts 02173 References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997. 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 MA001050   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MA001050 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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