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O. M. Wentworth & Company,
History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Wenham
Sculpture
Wenham Civil War Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
O. M. Wentworth & Company, fabricator.
Title:
Wenham Civil War Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed 1878. Dedicated May 30, 1879.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 6 x 3 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 19 x 7 x 7 ft.
Inscription:
(On front of base:) IN HONOR/OF THE/SOLDIERS & SAILORS/OF WENHAM/WHO DEFENDED/THE UNION/IN THE WAR OF THE/REBELLION / ERECTED 1878 (On side of base:) DIED IN SERVICE/(list of names)
Description:
A figure of a Civil War soldier holding his rifle vertically in front of him stands atop a tall granite base that is adorned on each corner with a relief of a flag-draped cannon.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Wenham
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Town of Wenham, Wenham, Massachusetts
Located Main Street between Monument & Arbor Streets, Wenham, Massachusetts
Remarks:
The monument honors those from Wenham who died in the Civil War. After the Civil War, the citizens of Wenham voted to erect a monument to Wenham soldiers who died, but the monument fund was not started until eight years later when Edmund Mudge of Danvers offered his salary as Representative ($550). This sum was increased to $1,476.91 through public subscriptions and a town appropriation. IAS files contain a copy of the Massachusetts Historical Commission Form C - Monuments questionnaire dated June 1, 1970.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
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 MA000963
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Inventory of American Sculpture
MA000963
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