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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     McKenzie, R. Tait,     Homage -- Boyce, William D.     Occupation -- Writer     Figure male -- Child     Occupation -- Service     Dress -- Uniform     Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Ottawa     Sculpture

William D. Boyce Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  McKenzie, R. Tait, 1867-1938, sculptor. Title:  William D. Boyce Memorial, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Boy Scout Memorial, (sculpture). Ideal Boy Scout, (sculpture). Dates:  Original 1937. Dedicated 1941. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. 8 in. x 2 1/2 ft. x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 4 1/2 x 6 x 8 ft. Inscription:  (Sculpture base rear:) R. Tait McKenzie 1937 (Bronze plaque, base front:) TO/WILLIAM D. BOYCE/Publisher Explorer/Humanitarian/In appreciation of/his service to the/Boyhood of America/inspired by the good/turn of an unknown/English scout, he/brought scouting to/the United States/Erected by members of the/Boy Scouts of America/June 21, 1941 signed Description:  Standing figure of a Boy Scout wearing a uniform consisting of shorts, knee socks, a long-sleeved shirt, a necktie and a hat. He holds his hat in his proper right hand. He stands with his weight on his proper right leg with his proper left leg bent and out to the side. Subject:  Homage -- Boyce, William D. Occupation -- Writer Figure male -- Child -- Full length Occupation -- Service -- Scouting Dress -- Uniform -- Scout Uniform Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Ottawa Sculpture Owner:  Ottawa Avenue Cemetery, Ottawa, Illinois 61350 Remarks:  IAS files contain biographical information on William D. Boyce from a publication titled "Ottawa: Old and New." A noted publisher, philanthropist, and president of Illinois' first Civil Service Board, Boyce had a summer home in Ottawa and is credited with starting the Boy Scouts of America, based on the British model. The Boy Scout statue was originally created as a statuette in 1914 at the suggestion of Dr. Charles D. Hart, then president of the Philadelphia Council. An updated life-sized version, from which this piece is cast, was created in 1937 for the opening of the Philadelphia Council's new headquarter's building (IAS record 88320102). A total of five Boy Scouts posed for the statue between 1914 and 1937, and the final statue is a composite of its models. IAS files contain excerpt from Scout Memorabilia, n.d., detailing history of Tait's Scout statue and related unpublished essage by Turner Moon. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois survey, 1992. 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 IL000388   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture IL000388 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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