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Carron Company,
Religion -- Saint
Object -- Weapon
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Somersworth
Sculpture
Saint Martin, (sculpture).
Artist:
Carron Company, contractor. (possibly by)
Title:
Saint Martin, (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed ca. 1937-1938. Reinstalled early 1970s. First replacement installed: 1993. Second replacement installed: 1996.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figures: marble; Bases: granite.
Dimensions:
2 figures. Each figure: approx. 48 x 15 x 15 in.; Each base: approx. 66 x 18 x 18 in.
Inscription:
(On front of proper right figure's base:) MOUNT/CALVARY/CEMETERY/1882/THIS GATEWAY/DONATED BY/LEO R. & STELLA P. BERNIER (On front of plinth:) ST. MARTIN (On rear of plinth:) ALP CARIGNAN (On proper left figure's base, incised letters:) SAINT/MARTIN (On front of plinth, incised letters:) ST. MARTIN (On rear of plinth:) ELZIRE PLANTE unsigned
Description:
Two identical figures of St. Martin flank the entryway to the cemetery. St. Martin stands, dressed in armor, wearing a helmet with a crest, a decorated breastplate, an epaulet on his exposed proper right shoulder and a cloak. He holds a fold of the cloak with his proper left hand and rips it with the dagger he holds in his proper right hand. The figure is mounted on a rectangular gatepost.
Subject:
Religion -- Saint -- St. Martin
Object -- Weapon -- Dagger
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Somersworth
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by St. Martin's Church, 120 Maple Street, Somersworth, New Hampshire 03878
Located Mount Calvary Cemetery, Cemetery Road entrance, Somersworth, New Hampshire
Remarks:
The two sculptures were part of an original group of approximately twenty pieces that were imported from Italy (probably by the Carron Company), and erected in the cemetery around 1937-1938. There were three, possibly four St. Martin figures. Two were initially placed on St. Martin Street. When St. Martin Street was closed, around 1958-1959, the figures were removed and placed in storage. In the early 1970s, when new gateway entrance posts were built, the figures were removed from storage and placed atop the gateway posts. Automobile accidents in 1993 and again in 1995, damaged the sculptures, and two replacement St. Martin statues were erected.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1994.
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 NH000212
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