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Carson, Charles L.,
Children
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Carlisle
Architectural component
Sculpture
(Bosler Cartouche), (sculpture).
Artist:
Carson, Charles L., 1847-1891, architect.
Title:
(Bosler Cartouche), (sculpture).
Dates:
1884. Dedicated June 23, 1886. Relocated 1941. Rededicated 1913.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: sandstone; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 4 x 6 x 1 ft.; Base: approx. 4 in. x 2 ft. x 7 ft.
Inscription:
(On scroll, incised letters:) JAS. W. BOSLER/MEMORIAL/LIBRARY HALL/MDCCCLXXXIV (On plaque above scroll:) THIS CARTOUCHE/stood above the main entrance/to the/OLD COLLEGE LIBRARY/1885-1941/and has been dedicated here by/THE CLASS OF 1913/at its fifty-fifth reunion unsigned
Description:
The cartouche is adorned with two nude young boys unrolling a large scroll between them.
Subject:
Children
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Carlisle
Architectural component
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Dickinson College, Department of Buildings and Grounds, Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013
Located Allison Methodist Church, Northeast corner of parking lot, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Provenance:
Formerly located James Williamson Bosler Memorial Library Hall, Above the doorway, Carlisle, Pennsylvania 1885-1941.
Remarks:
Charles L. Carson was the architect of the James Williamson Bosler Memorial Library Hall at Dickinson College and the sculpture was originally located above the library, but was removed when the building was altered and refaced with limestone in 1941. The sculpture was dedicated at its present location by the Class of 1913 at its fifty-fifth reunion. IAS files contain related information from Mary Pardo's "Dickinson College as an Architectural Environment," Carlisle, 1985, pg. 16.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania 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 PA000967
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Inventory of American Sculpture
PA000967
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