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Brooks, Richard Edwin,
Lowell, Guy,
Sullivan, John B.,
Portrait male -- Paine, Robert Treat
Occupation -- Military
Object -- Other
Object -- Written Matter
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Taunton
Sculpture
Robert Treat Paine Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Brooks, Richard Edwin, 1865-1919, sculptor.
Lowell, Guy, 1870-1927, architect.
Sullivan, John B., contractor.
Title:
Robert Treat Paine Monument, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Robert Treat Paine Statue, (sculpture).
Dates:
1902. Dedicated November 15, 1904.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Upper base: Red Beach granite; Lower base: Rockport granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 8 ft.; Base: approx. H. 13 ft.
Inscription:
(Proper left side of sculpture, on bronze base:) R.E.BROOKS/PARIS/1902 (On west side of base:) Dedicated to Robert Treat Paine 1904 (On east side of base:) A SIGNER/OF/THE DECLARATION/OF/INDEPENDENCE/JULY 4 - 1776 signed
Description:
A standing portrait of Robert Treat Paine with a quill pen in his proper right hand and the Declaration of Independence in his proper left hand. Paine wears a long cloak and stands with his proper right foot stepping forward over the front edge of the bronze base. The sculpture rests atop a tall Red Beach granite base adorned with a bronze shield and a band of leaves around the top. Beneath the Red Beach granite is a circular base rimmed in Rockport granite.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Paine, Robert Treat -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Object -- Other -- Writing Tool
Object -- Written Matter -- Declaration of Independence
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Taunton
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Taunton, West Spring Street, City Hall, Taunton, Massachusetts
Located Main & Summer Streets, Taunton, Massachusetts
Remarks:
The sculpture was initiated by the Taunton Historical Society, the Sons of the American Revolution, and the Daughters of the American Revolution. The total cost of the moument was $15,000. An inscription plaque located on a rock just in front of the base reads: ON THIS SPOT/THE TAUNTON PATRIOTS/RAISED THE UNION FLAG/ON OCTOBER 21, 1774/TAUNTON HISTORICAL COMMISSION/1970. Additional information on the statue is available in the Taunton Daily Gazette, Nov. 15, 1904. IAS files contain a copy of the Massachusetts Historical Commission Form C - Monuments questionnaire dated July 2, 1976.
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MA0108, 1989.
Monumental News, July 1902; Feb. 1903; Jan. 1905.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Monumental News, Jan. 1905, pg. 25.
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 76009046
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