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Kitson, Henry Hudson,
Figure female -- Full length
Dress -- Historic
Object -- Written Matter
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Plymouth
Sculpture
The Pilgrim Maiden, (sculpture).
Artist:
Kitson, Henry Hudson, 1863-1947, sculptor.
Title:
The Pilgrim Maiden, (sculpture).
Dates:
Copyrighted 1924.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 6 1/2 x 4 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 4 1/2 x 5 x 8 ft.
Inscription:
(copyright symbol) H. H. KITSON SC signed
Description:
A standing female figure representing a young Pilgrim woman stands atop a large granite boulder. Her long skirt and cloak are swept around her in the wind. She holds back her cloak with her proper right hand and holds the Bible in her proper left hand. Her attire is authentic Pilgrim dress consisting of cloak with a large collar, a long dress with bows down the front, heavy shoes, ribbed stockings, and a small cap on her head. The sculpture is installed on the edge of a fish pool formed by the overflow from nearby Pilgrim Springs along Town Brook.
Subject:
Figure female -- Full length
Dress -- Historic -- Pilgrim Dress
Object -- Written Matter -- Book
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Plymouth
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Town of Plymouth, Department of Parks & Forestry, 11 Lincoln Street, Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360
Located Brewster Park, Water & Leyden Streets, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Remarks:
The sculpture was commissioned by the National Society of New England Women. The sculpture rests on a granite boulder given by Pilgrim descendant Dr. Arthur Holmes of Kingston from his ancestral lands, Fishing Rocks, at Rocky Nook. The inscription on a bronze plaque embedded in the ground about twenty-five feet from the sculpture reads: TO THOSE INTREPID/ENGLISH WOMEN/WHOSE COURAGE FORTITUTDE AND/DEVOTION BROUGHT A NEW NATION/INTO BEING THIS STATUE OF THE/PILGRIM MAIDEN IS DEDIATED/PRESENTED TO THE TOWN OF/PLYMOUTH BY THE NATIONAL/SOCIETY OF NEW ENGLAND/WOMEN SEPTEMBER IV/MCMXXIV/THE STATUE IS THE WORK OF HENRY H. KITSON/H. H. KITSON/(copyright symbol) 1924. IAS files contain an article from the Old Colony Memorial, July 17, 1988; a copy of a Massachusetts Historical Commission questionnaire; and an excerpt from "The Pilgrim Picture Book."
References:
Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1996.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MA5016, 1989.
Monumental News, Aug. 1922, pg. 488.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Monumental News, Aug. 1922, pg. 488.
Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988, pg. 165.
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 87740250
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Inventory of American Sculpture
87740250
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