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Recchia, Richard H.,
Portrait male -- Ames, Oliver
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- North Easton
Sculpture
Oliver Ames Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Recchia, Richard H., 1885-1983, sculptor.
Title:
Oliver Ames Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
1918.
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 26 in. x W. 16 in.; Base: approx. H. 28 in. x W. 7 in.
Inscription:
(On back of sculpture:) HB NO. EASTON .76 (On bronze plaque on front of base:) OLIVER AMES BORN APRIL 11, 1779 DIED SEPT. 11, 1863 NORTH EASTON 1803 WOULD YOU BEHOLD HIS MONUMENT LOOK ABOUT YOU/R.H.RECCHIA.FECIT BOSTON MCMXI (On bronze plaque on back of base:) IN MEMORIAM/ERECTED BY/HIS GRAND DAUGHTER/SARAH EMILY WITHERELL/1918 signed
Description:
A large bust of Oliver Ames is installed atop a narrow rectangular base.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Ames, Oliver -- Bust
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- North Easton
Sculpture
Owner:
Located North Main Street, North Easton, Massachusetts
Remarks:
IAS files contain a copy of the Massachusetts Historical Commission Form C - Monuments questionnaire dated July 3, 1970.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
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 MA000458
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Inventory of American Sculpture
MA000458
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