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    		• Piatti, Emilio F.,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Gansevoort, Peter
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Rome
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Brigadier General Peter Gansevoort, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Piatti, Emilio F., sculptor.
    Title: 
    Brigadier General Peter Gansevoort, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Gansevoort Statue, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1905. Dedicated Nov. 8, 1906.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 84 in. x W. 48 in.; Base: approx. 92 x 111 x 111 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On base of sculpture:) E. F. Piatti - Sc NY 1905 (On front of granite base:) BRIGADIER GENERAL/PETER/GANSEVOORT JR./COLONEL IN THE CONTINENTAL/ARMY SERVED IN CANADA WITH/MONTGOMERY IN 1775 IN CAMPAIGN/AGAINST QUEBEC. SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED FORT STANWIX IN 1777 AGAINST THE/ALLIED BRITISH AND INDIAN FORCES/UNDER ST. LEGER PREVENTING THEIR/JUNCTION WITH BUGOYNE AT/SARATOGA. HE TOOK PART IN THE/CAMPAIGN OF 1779 UNDER GENERAL/SULLIVAN. HE WAS IN ACTIVE COMMAND/AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR OF 1812/AND DIED JULY 2ND 1812 AT THE AGE OF/SIXTY THREE YEARS (On back of base:) ERECTED/AT THE REQUEST OF/PETER GANSEVOORT/HENRY S. GANSEVOORT USA/AND/ABRAHAM LANSING/ALL OF ALBANY NY/AD/1906 signed
    Description: 
    A standing portrait of General Peter Gansevoort dressed in his Revolutionary War uniform. In his proper left hand he holds a sword and in his proper right hand he holds a small book or map. The sculpture stands atop a square base that is adorned with carvings of fasces, the Roman symbol of power.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Gansevoort, Peter -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- General
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Rome
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Rome, Parks, Recreation & Community Activities, City Hall, Rome, New York 13440
    Located Gansevoort Park, James Street, Rome, New York
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was originally installed on a shorter base, but this was replaced sometime between 1911 and 1914. IAS files contain newspaper articles from the Utica Globe, Nov. 10, 1906, and the Daily Sentinel (Rome, NY), Aug. 6, 1990, pg. 2 and May 31, 1994
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Daily Sentinel (Rome, NY), Aug. 6, 1990, pg. 2.
    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 NY001891
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