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Milmore, Martin,
Ames Manufacturing Company,
History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Object -- Weapon
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Claremont
Sculpture
Soldier at Rest, (sculpture).
Artist:
Milmore, Martin, 1844-1883, sculptor.
Ames Manufacturing Company, founder.
Title:
Soldier at Rest, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Civil War Memorial, (sculpture).
Soldiers Monument, (sculpture).
Civil War Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
1869. Dedicated Oct. 19, 1869.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 2 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 4 in.; Base: approx. 7 ft. x 5 ft. 2 in. x 4 ft. 11 in.
Inscription:
(On proper right of bronze base:) M. MILMORE/SCULPTOR (On proper left of bronze base:) AMES FOUNDRY/CHICOPEE MASS. 1869 (On bronze plaque on front of base:) ERECTED/IN HONOR OF THE/SOLDIERS OF/CLAREMONT/WHO DIED IN/THE REBELLION OF/1861-1865/BY THEIR GRATEFUL/FELLOW CITIZENS (Bronze plaques on remaining sides of memorial lists names of soldiers) signed Founder's mark appears.
signed
Description:
Figure of a Union soldier with cap and cape, bayonet handing at proper left side of waist. The soldier stands at rest with proper left foot forward, and leisurely holds a rifle with both hands. The butt of the rifle rests on the ground at the side by his proper right leg. The sculpture is set on a tiered granite base.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Object -- Weapon -- Gun
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Claremont
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Claremont, Division of Parks & Recreation, 130 Broad Street, Claremont, New Hampshire 03743
Located Broad Street Common, Claremont, New Hampshire,
Remarks:
The $4,000 monument was funded by public subscription and town appropriations, beginning with a $160.00 donation in April 1865 from the Claremont Auxiliary Sanitary Commission (a soldier's aid committee). The sculpture is a copy of Milmore's first Civil War Memorial figure erected at Forest Hills Cemetery (Roxbury, Massachusetts). An additional $1,553.97 was spent landscaping the town common for the memorial. The memorial was dedicated on the anniversary of the battle of Cedar Creek, Oct. 19. 1864.
IAS files contain copy of "Dedication of a Soldiers' Monument at Claremont, N.H., October 10, 1869," Claremont, NH: printed by Claremont Manufacturing Co., 1869; and excerpt from David Ruell's "The Public Sculpture of New Hampshire," (typescript, New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord), pg. 1-2; and transcription of names on base plaques.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1993.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
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 77002486
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