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Gorham Manufacturing Company,
History -- United States
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Figure male -- Full length
Object -- Weapon
Animal -- Bird
Outdoor Sculpture -- West Virginia -- Wayne
Sculpture
Doughboy, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
Title:
Doughboy, (sculpture).
Dates:
1922.
Medium:
Figure and base: stone; Plaques: bronze.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 6 ft. x 17 in. x 18 in.; Base: approx. 12 ft. 10 in. x 14 ft. x 5 ft. 10 in.
Inscription:
(On bronze plaques mounted on exedrae:) THE GORHAM CO. NEW YORK AND PROVIDENCE (On center round plaque, depicted as a wreath:) ERECTED/IN HONOR OF/THE MEN OF/WAYNE COUNTY/WHO SERVED THE/NATION DURING/THE WORLD WAR/1917 - 1919 (On bronze side plaques: lists of those who served) Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A full-length figure of a World War I Doughboy. The soldier stands at attention with body held erect, arms at sides, legs together, and toes turned slightly out. He wears a military uniform which includes a hat with a wide brim and rounded top, a short jacket with flap pockets and a tightly fastened high collar, pants which are loose and baggy to the knee but are wrapped from below the knee to the ankle, and a belt with five pouches, a canteen, and a bayonet attached. He holds the barrel of a rifle in his proper right hand. The butt of the rifle rests on the base beside his proper right foot.
The soldier stands on a horizontal extension of the base. The base extends as an exedra behind him, with a tall stele in the center, topped with an eagle with outspread wings. Three bronze plaques are on the lower half of the exedra.
Subject:
History -- United States -- World War I
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Figure male -- Full length
Object -- Weapon -- Gun
Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- West Virginia -- Wayne
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Wayne County, Wayne County Commission, North Court Street, Wayne, West Virginia 25570
Located Wayne County Courthouse, Grounds, North Court Street & Hendricks Street, Wayne, West Virginia 25570
Remarks:
IAS files contain related articles from Wayne County News (Wayne, WV), May 11, 1922, pg. 1 and May 18, 1922, pg. 1. The latter issue includes a photograph of the sculpture which shows two urns, now missing, which originally stood atop the two sides of the exedra. The monument cost approximately $12,000 and was funded by an act of legislature and special levy of five cents on eachone hundred dollars.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, West Virginia survey, 1992.
Wayne County News (Wayne, WV), May 11, 1922, pg. 1.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Wayne County News (Wayne, WV), May 18, 1922, pg. 1
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 WV000062
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