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    		• Gosselin, Lucien H.,
     
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    		• T. F. McGann & Sons Company,
     
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    		• Unknown (Concord, New Hampshire),
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Pulaski, Casimir
     
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    		• Equestrian
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Polish
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Manchester
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    General Casimir Pulaski, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Gosselin, Lucien H., 1883-1940, sculptor.
    T. F. McGann & Sons Company, founder.
    Unknown (Concord, New Hampshire), fabricator.
    Title: 
    General Casimir Pulaski, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1937. Cast 1938. Dedicated Aug. 21, 1938.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: Concord granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 12 x 4 x 12 ft.; Base: approx. 8 x 9 x 15 ft. (42 tons).
    Inscription: 
    (Proper left side of sculpture's bronze base, incised lettering:) Lucien H. Gosselin Sculp. (Proper right side of sculpture's bronze base, incised lettering:) T.F. MCGANN & SONS CO./BOSTON MASS. FOUNDERS/1938 (On side of granite base, beneath figure's proper right side, incised lettering:) BRIGADIER GENERAL/CASIMIR PULASKI/BORN 1748 - DIED 1779/MARSHALL GENERAL OF POLAND (Front of granite base, incised lettering:) CHARLESTON/SAVANNAH/GERMANTOWN (Rear of granite base, incised lettering:) BRANDYWINE/EGG HARBOR (On side of granite base, beneath's figure's proper left side, incised lettering:) FATHER OF/AMERICAN CAVALRY/CHIEF OF DRAGOONS/CONTINENTAL ARMY/MORTALLY WOUNDED IN/BATTLE OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA/OCTOBER 7, 1779 signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    An equestrian depiction of General Casimir Pulaski sitting erect in his saddle, holding his sword high with his proper right hand, his proper left hand on his horse's reins. He wears a Polish military uniform with boots and an overcoat with elaborate embroidery and fringe on the front. His hat is topped by a tilted mortarboard and ornamented by a badge and feather on the proper left side. His scabbard hangs from his belt on his proper left side. Pulaski's horse is in mid-stride, with proper right foreleg raised, tail flying. The sculpture is set on a rectangular base adorned with bronze wreaths. The memorial is surrounded by a high iron fence on a granite and concrete curb.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Pulaski, Casimir -- Full length
    Equestrian
    Ethnic -- Polish
    Occupation -- Military -- General
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Manchester
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Located Pulaski Park, Bridge, Pine, High, & Union Streets, center of park, Manchester, New Hampshire
    Administered by City of Manchester, Department of Parks & Recreation, 625 Mammoth Road, Manchester, New Hampshire 03104
    Remarks: 
    This memorial commemorating General Casimir Pulaski was erected by the Pulaski Memorial Statue Committee, organized Oct. 14, 1934. The cost of the memorial was $14,530.74, with most of the funding coming from private contributors from New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and local fund-raising events. The City of Manchester and the State of New Hampshire each contributed $1,500, and the Federal Arts Project of the Works Progress Administration paid the artist's salary. The base was fabricated in Concord, New Hampshire. In August of 1988, the memorial was given a 50th Anniversary celebration. A plaque on block in front of memorial reads: FEDERAL ART PROJECT/PULASKI MEMORIAL/1937/W.P.A. For related newspaper articles see: Nashua Telegraph, Aug. 22, 1938; Manchester Union, Sept. 30, 1929, Oct. 7, 1929, Sept. 22, 1933, Oct. 12, 1933, Aug. 22, 1938.
    IAS files includes: a copy of dedication booklet (mostly in Polish), entitled "Pamietnik Budowy Pomnika, Gen. K. Pulaskiego, 21-go Sierpnia, 1938, Manchester, N. H.," including a detailed budget and list of contributors; newspaper articles from: The Union (Manchester, NH), Oct. 13, 1933, and April 22, 1938 (discussing the dedication); The Leader (Manchester, NH), April 17, 1937; The Union Leader (Manchester, NH), March 22, 1988, and Aug. 5, 1988; and excerpt from David Ruell's typescript "The Public Sculpture of New Hampshire," 1980, pg. 232-234.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1995.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Union Leader (Manchester, NH): March 22, 1988.
    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 NH000328
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