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Morris, Paul Winters,
Jno. Williams, Inc.,
Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham
Occupation -- Political
Occupation -- Law
Figure group
Occupation -- Military
History -- United States
Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- New Milford
Relief
Sculpture
Lincoln Herm, (sculpture).
Artist:
Morris, Paul Winters, 1865-1916, sculptor.
Jno. Williams, Inc., founder.
Title:
Lincoln Herm, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Lincoln Bust, (sculpture).
Abraham Lincoln Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated May 30, 1912.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Bust: bronze; Pedestal: gray granite.
Dimensions:
Bust: approx. 2 1/2 x 2 x 1 1/2 ft.; Pedestal: approx. 12 ft. x 7 ft. 8 in. x 7 ft. 4 in.
Inscription:
(At bottom of plaques:) Paul Winters Morris Sc Jno Williams Inc/Bronze Foundry N.Y. (Front bronze shield plaque, raised letters:) "FOUR SCORE AND SEVEN YEARS AGO (...text continues)/PERISH FROM THE EARTH/DELIVERED AT GETTYSBURG/NOVEMBER 19, 1865/BY/ABRAHAM LINCOLN/(wreath) (North shield:) THE GIFT OF/EDWARD WILLIAMS MARSH/CAPTAIN OF COMPANY M/SECOND CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS/HEAVY ARTILLERY/TO THE TOWN OF NEW MILFORD/IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE SOLDIERS & SAILORS/OF THE UNION ARMY & NAVY/1861 - 1865/BESIDES BEING IN MANY SKIRMISHES THE NEW/MILFORD TROOPS WERE ENGAGED IN THE BATTLES OF/GETTYSBURG/COLD HARBOR/PETERSBURG/OPEQVAN/third WINCHESTER/FISHER'S HILL/CEDAR CREEK/FORT FISHER/(cross in wreath) signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A bust of Abraham Lincoln mounted on a rectangular base with relief plaques on the east and west sides. The relief on the west depicts a sailor hauling on the halyard of the flag behind him. The relief on the east shows a bugler standing in front of a mortar. Tassels hang from his bugle.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham -- Bust
Occupation -- Political -- President
Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer
Figure group
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
History -- United States -- Civil War
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- New Milford
Relief
Sculpture
Owner:
Coadministered by Town of New Milford, 10 Main Street, New Milford, Connecticut 06776
Coadministered by New Milford Historical Society, 6 Aspetuck Avenue, New Milford, Connecticut 06776
Located New Milford Green, Top of Green at 6 Aspetuck Avenue, New Milford, Connecticut
Remarks:
The sculpture was donated by Edward Williams Marsh, Captain of Company M, Second Connecticut Volunteers, Heavy Artillery, in memory of the Union soldiers and sailors who fought in the Civil War, and in memory of Abraham Lincoln. The sculpture is reportedly the only Civil War monument dedicated to Lincoln in Connecticut. A copy of the monument's dedication program is on file with the New Haven County Historical Society. For further reading see Samuel Orcutt's "History of the Towns of New Milford and Bridgewater, Connecticut," New Milford: New Milford Historical Society, 1976, pg. 530.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1994.
Inventory staff, 2000.
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 CT000318
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