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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Pegram, A. Bertram,     Portrait male -- Gunn, Frederick William     Portrait female -- Gunn, Frederick William, Mrs. (Abigail Brinsmade)     Occupation -- Education     Relief     Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Washington     Sculpture

Gunn Memorial Plaques, (sculpture). Artist:  Pegram, A. Bertram, 1873-1941, sculptor. Title:  Gunn Memorial Plaques, (sculpture). Dates:  1907. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bronze. Dimensions:  Each plaque: approx. 39 1/2 x 63 x 3/4 in. Inscription:  (North plaque raised:) FREDERICK WILLIAM GUNN, AND/ABIGAIL BRINSMADE, HIS WIFE, WERE/FOR MANY YEARS, TEACHERS BY PRECEPT/AND EXAMPLE, OF TRUTH, HONOR, AND/LOVING-KINDNESS. THEIR INFLUENCE WAS ENNOBLING AND FAR-REACHING./EARNEST AND UNSELFISH IN THEIR LIVES,/THEY ARE HELD IN BLESSED MEMORY (Incised, on lower left of south plaque:) Bertram Pegram Sc 1907 signed Description:  Two plaques fastened to the walls on either side of the entrance to the Gunn Memorial Library. One plaque contains the inscription, the other depicts Mr. & Mrs. Frederick William Gunn in bas relief. They are shown from the chest up; she with head covered, he with a beard. Subject:  Portrait male -- Gunn, Frederick William -- Bust Portrait female -- Gunn, Frederick William, Mrs. (Abigail Brinsmade) -- Bust Occupation -- Education -- Teacher Object Type:  Relief Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Washington Sculpture Owner:  Gunn Memorial Library, Wykeham Road, Washington, Connecticut 06793 Remarks:  Frederick William and Abigail Brinsmade Gunn founded the Gunnery School, a private preparatory school, in Washington, CT in 1850. The school's campus adjoins the library. Mr. Gunn was instrumental in organizing the library association, which preceded the present one. Van Ingram, an import-export merchant active in the construction of the library, is said to have arranged for the plaques. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993. Graves, Algernon, "The Royal Academy of Arts," London: Henry Graves & Company, 1906, pg. 97. Harwood, Mary, curator, Gunn Museum, interview, November 15, 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 CT000129   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CT000129 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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