Memory, (sculpture).

Memory, (sculpture).

Dallin, Cyrus Edwin, 1861-1944, sculptor.

Dinsmore, William Ware, architect.

Reed and Barton, founder.

Memory, (sculpture).

1923. Dedicated Oct. 13, 1924.

Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 96 x 33 x 28 in.; Base: approx. 21 1/2 x 38 x 42 in.; Tall granite wall: approx. 15 ft. x 102 in. x 25 in.; Low granite walls: each approx. 48 x 131 in.

(Right front of sculpture, near base:) C. E. DALLIN/1923 (Plaque one:) THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED/AN PRESENTED TO THE TOWN/OF SHERBORN - HIS BIRTHPLACE/BY/WILLIAM BRADFORD HOMER DOWSE/1924 (Plaque two:) KING PHILIP'S WAR/HENRY ADAMS/JONATHAN WOOD/REVOLUTIONARY WAR/JONATHAN HOLBROOK/CALEB LELAND/WAR OF 1812/JAMES DOWSE/ISAIAH WOODCOCK (Plaque three:) CIVIL WAR/RUFUS S. BABCOCK/WILLARD GILMORE/JAMES W. GREEN/WILLIAM F. HILL/CHARLES HOLBROOK/EDWARD HOLBROOK/CHARLES H. HOWARD/GILBERT H. LELAND (Plaque four, on base of sculpture:) IN MEMORY OF/THE MEN OF SHERBORN/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN DEFENSE OF/THEIR COUNTRY (Plaque five:) CIVIL WAR/JAMES W. MANN/NOYES MANN/THEODORE PRATT/EDGAR C. RUNDLETT/AVERY SYLVESTER/THOMAS TABER/EDMUND T. WHITNEY/ASA W. WOOD (Plaque six:) SPANISH WAR/ROBERT H. DOWSE/WORLD WAR/WILLIAM A. BOSWORTH (Plaque seven:) IN MEMORY OF/THE DONORS FORBEARS/ELEAZER DOWSE 1728-1807/REVOLUTIONARY WAR/JOSEPH DOWSE 1760-1839 REVOLUTIONARY WAR/BENJAMIN DOWSE 1784-1868/REV. EDMUND DOWSE 1813-1903 CIVIL WAR (All seven plaques bear the foundry mark for Read and Barton on the lower left corner) signed

The memorial consists of a bronze female figure of Memory standing on a small granite base in the middle of large granite architectural setting. Memory is draped in a long robe and she holds a wreath and a World War I helmet on her proper left arm. Her proper right hand is held up to her cheek in contemplation and she stands with her weight resting on her proper right leg. The sculpture is installed against a tall granite wall that is flanked by two low granite walls and two granite benches. Six bronze inscription plaques are set into the low granite walls on either side of the sculpture and one bronze inscription plaque is set into the base beneath the sculpture.

History -- United States -- King Philip's War

History -- United States -- Revolution

History -- United States -- War of 1812

History -- United States -- Civil War

History -- United States -- Spanish American War

History -- United States -- World War I

Figure female -- Full length

Allegory -- Other -- Memory

Allegory -- Civic -- War

Dress -- Accessory -- Helmet

Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Sherborn

Administered by Town of Sherborn, Board of Selectmen, 19 Washington Street, P. O. Box 186, Sherborn, Massachusetts 01770

Located South Main, North Main, & Washington Streets, Sherborn, Massachusetts

The sculpture and its architectural setting were presented to the Town of Sherborn by William Bradford Homer Dowse in 1924 at the celebration of the town's 250th anniversary of incorporation. The memorial was intended to honor Sherborn men who died in defense of their country from King Philip's War (1675/6) through World War I. The names of those who died are inscribed on bronze plaques set into the granite walls that flank the sculpture. Cyrus Dallin created the figure of Memory; Architect William Ware Dinsmore created the architectural setting; and Reed and Barton cast the bronze inscription plaques.

IAS files contain an article from the Boston Globe, July 17, 1994; and an excerpt from "250th Anniversary Town of Sherborn Massachusetts," 1925, pg. 39-47. Additional information is available at the Sherborn Historical Commission and at the Sherborn Historical Society. IAS image files contain detail photographs taken of the sculpture before 1994 conservation treatment and an overview photograph taken in 1994 after conservation treatment.

Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1994.

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.

Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

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