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Soldiers Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Exeter Monument Works, fabricator. Paul King Foundry, founder. Title:  Soldiers Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Nov. 18, 1984. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 6 1/2 ft. x 30 in. x 25 in.; Base: approx. 45 x 48 x 48 in. Inscription:  (On bronze plaque on front of base:) IN MEMORY OF/THE MEN OF SEABROOK, N.H./WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR/1861 1865 (followed by three columns of names) unsigned Description:  Full-length figure of a Union soldier. He wears a uniform, cap and overcoat with cape. From his belt hang a pouch in back and a bayonet on the proper left side. He holds the barrel of a rifle with his proper right hand; the butt of the gun rests on the ground in front of him. His proper left arm leans on the top of the gun. The bronze sculpture stands on a granite base with tapered sides. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Seabrook Copy Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Town of Seabrook, 94 Lafayette Road, Seabrook, New Hampshire 03874 Located Wildwood Cemetery, South Main Street, Seabrook, New Hampshire Remarks:  The sculpture is an exact copy of an original metal sculpture which was damaged by vandals in the early 1980's. (The original sculpture was donated to the town by Ananias Fowler and dedicated on Memorial Day, 1913; with the bronze plaque added in 1961). When the original sculpture was vandalized beyond repair in the early 1980's, the town appropriated $20,000 for a new sculpture and base. Exeter Monument Works were responsible for the bronze replica, which was cast by the Paul King Foundry in Rhode Island. The granite base was made in Vermont. Ailene Marshall, who had helped to unveil the original sculpture also participated in the unveiling ceremony for the replacement sculpture. IAS files contain transcriptions of names listed on plaque. IAS files contain copies of related excerpts from the "Annual Reports of the Town of Seabrook, New Hampshire for the Year Ending December 31st, 1982; December 31st, 1983; and December 31st, 1984. IAS files contain copies of related articles from Exeter News, June 6, 1913; Newburyport (MA) Daily News, June 2, 1913 and Nov. 19, 1984; and Hampton Union, June 8, 1961 and Nov. 21, 1984. IAS files contain copy of related excerpt from David Ruell's unpublished manuscript "The Public Sculpture of New Hampshire", Concord: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1980, pg. 93-94. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1995. 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 NH000408   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NH000408 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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