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History -- United States
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Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- Wadesboro
Decorative arts
Fountain
Sculpture
(To Our Fathers), (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
(To Our Fathers), (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed 1921.
Medium:
Sculpture: stone; Base: stone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 18 1/4 in. x Diam. 18 in.; Base: approx. 42 x 50 x 25 in.
Inscription:
(On base:) (Seal of Daughters of the American Revolution) ERECTED BY THE THOMAS WADE CHAPTER/DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION/TO THE MEMORY OF OUR FATHERS THOSE HEROES/OF 1776 WHO MADE THIS AMERICA POSSIBLE/1921 (On back of base:) ERECTED IN HONOR OF ANSON COUNTY SOLDIERS WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR TO PRESERVE (inscriptions) LIBERTY EQUALITY AND JUSTICE unsigned
Description:
An urn stands upon a three-part base with inscriptions. The top part of the base contains two bowls with the remaining pipes from what appears to have been drinking fountains. Sculpture is in the center of a gazebo-like structure.
Subject:
Object -- Other -- Vase
Object -- Other -- Dish
History -- United States -- Revolution
History -- United States -- World War I
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- Wadesboro
Decorative arts
Fountain
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Anson County Courthouse, Greene & Martin Streets, P. O. Box 1064, Wadesboro, North Carolina 28140
Located Anson County Courthouse, Corner of Greene & Wade Streets, adjacent to the courthouse lawn, Wadesboro, North Carolina
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, North Carolina survey, 1994.
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 NC000168
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
NC000168
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