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    		• Crawford, Thomas,
     
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    		• Hallowell Granite Company,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure female -- Full length
     
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    		• Allegory -- Civic
     
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    		• Object -- Weapon
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Peabody
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Crawford, Thomas, 1813?-1857, sculptor. (copy after)
    Hallowell Granite Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Civil War Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1880. Dedicated Nov. 10, 1881.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: granite; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 10 ft.; Base: approx. 40 x 15 x 15 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Sculpture, around globe at foot of Liberty:) E PLURIBUS UNAM (On base:) HALLOWELL GRANITE CO./HALLOWELL - MAINE/DESIGNERS & BUILDERS (On east side of base:) 1861 (On west side of base:) 1863 Symbolizes Lincoln's Proclamation (On north side of base:) Lee's Surrender(On south side of base:) THE TOWN/TO HER SONS WHO DIED IN THE/GREAT REBELLION/THAT THE/UNION MIGHT BE PRESERVED/AND/LIBERTY SECURED FOR ALL/1881 (names of 71 soldiers and sailors from Peabody who died during the Civil War) Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A tall column topped with a standing female figure representing Liberty armed with a sword in her proper right hand. She is dressed in long robes and a helmet, and stands atop a small globe. At the base of the column is a square base.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure female -- Full length
    Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty
    Object -- Weapon -- Sword
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Peabody
    Copy
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Peabody, Parks and Recreation Department, Perkins Street, Peabody, Massachusetts 01960
    Located Peabody Square, Peabody, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture is a copy of Thomas Crawford's statue of Freedom installed on the United States Capitol dome (IAS record 75002473). W. F. Summer proposed the monument at a meeting of Peabody's Post 50 of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) on Nov. 24, 1870. At the town meeting of 1880, $8,000 was approved for the erection of the monument. The G.A.R. launched a fund drive. The monument's construction began on Nov. 10, 1880. IAS files contain a copy of the Massachusetts Historical Commission's Form C - Monuments.
    References: 
    Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988.
    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 87740247
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