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    		• Monumental Bronze Company,
     
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    		• Sullivan & Ela,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Hampstead
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Soldiers Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Monumental Bronze Company, founder.
    Sullivan & Ela, contractor.
    Title: 
    Soldiers Monument, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Civil War Soldier, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated May 30, 1906.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture and plaque: white bronze; Boulder: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. x 23 in. x 18 in.; Boulder: approx. 6 1/2 x 8 x 7 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On rear of boulder:) DEDICATED MAY 30,/1906. (On white bronze plaque on front of boulder:) THIS MONUMENT/ERECTED BY THE TOWN OF HAMPSTEAD IN HONOR OF THE MEN/WHO ENLISTED FROM HAMPSTEAD IN THE WAR OF 1861-65. (followed by three columns of names) unsigned
    Description: 
    Full-length figure of a Union soldier in uniform. The soldier wears an overcoat with cape thrown over his proper right shoulder and a cap. He holds the barrel of a rifle in his hands; the butt of the gun rests on the ground. The white bronze sculpture stands atop a large granite boulder.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Figure male -- Full length
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Hampstead
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Hampstead, 11 Main Street, Hampstead, New Hampshire 03841
    Located Hampstead Village, Main Street, Hampstead, New Hampshire
    Remarks: 
    Total cost of the monument and dedication ceremony was $1088.41. The sculpture and plaque were supplied by the Monumental Bronze Company. The boulder was a gift from Francis H. Sawyer, a citizen of Hampstead. The monument was built by Sullivan & Ela of Haverhill, NH. IAS files contain transcriptions of names listed on plaque. IAS files contain copy of the "Annual Report for the Town of Hampstead, Feb. 15, 1907, Report of the Monument Committee". IAS files contain copy of related material from "Town of Hampstead N.H. 225th Anniversary", 1974; and copy of related transcript from David Ruell's "The Public Sculpture of New Hampshire", Concord: New Hampshire Historical Society, pg. 61-62.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire 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 NH000319
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