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Panels, Pollard Public Library, (sculpture). Artist:  Stickney, Frederick W., architect. Title:  Panels, Pollard Public Library, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Three Granite Panels on the Lowell City Library, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1893. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Carved terra cotta. Dimensions:  3 panels. Each panel: approx. 6 x 6 x 1 ft. Inscription:  (Around circumference of seal in center panel:) ART IS THE HANDMARK OF HUMAN GOOD LOWELL (At bottom of center panel, incised:) E PLURIBUS-UNUM Description:  Three relief-like panels set within the upper front of the library building. The center panel depicts a large eagle with wings outstretched standing above a seal that rests on a shield. Two mustached Civil War soldiers, dressed in military uniform, stand on each side of the seal and shield. The figure on the left wears a knee-length coat and brimmed cap and holds the barrel of a rifle to his proper right side. The figure on the right wears a hat and holds a sword to his proper left side with both hands. The panels to the left and right of the central panel each depict a Civil War soldier, dressed in military uniform with a cap, atop a horse. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Figure group Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Equestrian Animal -- Bird -- Eagle Emblem -- Seal Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Lowell Architectural component Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts Located Pollard Public Library, 40 Merrimack Street, Lowell, Massachusetts Remarks:  The library building was begun in 1890 and dedicated in 1893. References:  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 MA000035   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MA000035 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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