The Hand, (sculpture).

The Hand, (sculpture).

Shaw, Aratus B., sculptor.

The Hand, (sculpture).

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Sculpture: approx. H. 18 in. x Circum. 34 in.; Base: approx. H. 6 in. x Circum. 18 in.

Right hand with fingers closed over palm, index finger extended toward the sky, mounted at top of church steeple.

Figure -- Fragment -- Hand

Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Milton

Administered by United Methodist Conference, Milton Mills Methodist Church, 19 Norwich Street, Concord, New Hampshire 03301

Located Milton Mills Methodist Church, Western Avenue, At top of steeple, Milton, New Hampshire

IAS files contain photocopies of Foster's Daily Democrat, Sept. 3, 1986; Yankee Magazine (Dublin, NH) Dec. 1966, vol. 30, pg. 48; and excerpts from Raymond H. Hose's "The Biography of A Plain Preacher," Boston: Meader Publ. Co., 1949. Shaw was a carpenter and directed the building of Milton Mills Methodist Church, 1871-1872. Sculpture was gilded at some point; exactly when is not known. A large crack in the back of the hand was repaired in 1936 by George Marsh, carpenter and blacksmith of Acton, Maine. He fitted an iron band around the hand in a channel cut across the fist and knuckles.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1993.

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