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    		• Aitken, Robert,
     
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    		• Magonigle, Harold Van Buren,
     
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    		• Homage -- Burritt, Elihu
     
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    		• Allegory -- Quality
     
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    		• Object -- Foliage
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Figure female -- Full length
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- New Britain
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Elihu Burritt Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Aitken, Robert, 1878-1949, sculptor.
    Magonigle, Harold Van Buren, 1867-1935, architect.
    Title: 
    Elihu Burritt Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1916.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Marble on a marble base.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 14 ft. x 6 ft. 8 in. x 3 ft. 8 in.; Base: approx. 1 ft. 4 in. x 10 ft. x 7 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Base of figure:) AITKEN (Sculpture front:) PEACE AND/VNIVERSAL/BROTHERHOOD (Sculpture rear:) 1810 1879/TO ELIHV BVRRITT/LEARNED BLACKSMITH/SCHOLAR LINGVIST PHI-/LANTHROPIST TO WHOSE/LOVE FOR HVMANITY/THE WORLD OWES/THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL/PEACE CONGRESS AND/OCEAN PENNY POSTAGE/THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECT-/ED BY HIS FELLOW CITIZENS/MCMXVI signed
    Description: 
    An upright, rectangular block of marble with a female figure, representing Peace, between flanking stone piers. She is in classical dress and is holding a cornucopia in her proper right hand and olive leaves in her proper left hand. Both hands rest on the tops of the piers. There is a garland on top of her head as she looks down.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Burritt, Elihu
    Allegory -- Quality -- Harmony
    Object -- Foliage -- Olive Branch
    Object -- Other -- Cornucopia
    Figure female -- Full length
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- New Britain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of New Britain, Department of Parks and Recreation, 27 West Main Street, New Britain, Connecticut 06051
    Located 111 Franklin Square, New Britain, Connecticut
    Remarks: 
    Elihu Burritt was an advocate of world peace in the 19th century. Born in New Britain, CT, he was the vice president of the 1848 Peace Congress in Brussels and introduced cheap overseas postage.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993.
    Cleveland, Philip Jerome, "Truth Concerning the Elihu Burritt Memorial," The Sponsor, July 1929, pg. 5, 6, 35.
    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 CT000111
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