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History -- United States
Portrait male -- Wait, Joseph
Dress -- Uniform
Dress -- Accessory
Object -- Weapon
Relief
Gravestone
Outdoor Sculpture -- Vermont -- North Clarendon
Sculpture
Lt. Col. Joseph Wait Gravesite, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Lt. Col. Joseph Wait Gravesite, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Wait, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated July 4, 1808.
Medium:
Marble marker.
Dimensions:
Marker: approx. 45 x 24 x 2 3/8 in.
Inscription:
(West side:) Our Common Country/Claims Our Aid/Living or Dying/I Will Defend Her (East side:) To/Perpetuate/The Memory Of/Lt. Col. Joseph Wait/An Officer In The American Revolutionary War/Who Died On His Return From/An Expedition Into Canada/Sept. 1776/This Stone Is Erected In/Testimony Of Respect/By His Brethren In Arms. unsigned
Description:
Relief carving of a Revolutionary soldier standing with his feet together and his proper left hand behind his back. His proper right arm is raised and holds a sword above his head. He is dressed in a military uniform and wears a tricorn hat.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Revolution
Portrait male -- Wait, Joseph
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object -- Weapon -- Sword
Object Type:
Relief
Gravestone
Outdoor Sculpture -- Vermont -- North Clarendon
Sculpture
Owner:
Located Pinkowski Farm, Northeast corner of Alfrecha Road & Middle Road, North Clarendon, Vermont 05759
Remarks:
IAS files contain copies of Saunders, Westbrook, et al., "Celebrating Vermont; Myths & Realities," Middlebury, VT: Johnson Memorial Gallery, 1991, discussing the piece and Joseph Waits. IAS files also contain copies of the Rutland Herald (Rutland, VT), July 28, 1808, discussing the dedication; "Clarendon, Vermont 1761-1976," Rutland, VT: Acadmey Books, n.d., pg. 16, 17 listing the inscription and discussing Wait; and Inez Waite Seaver's article, "The Wait Brothers," in Vermont Life, Fall 1961 discussing the piece, Wait and his brothers. Joseph Wait is believed to be the first Revoluntionary War soldier to be buried in Vermont.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Vermont survey, 1992.
Rutland Herald (Rutland, VT), July 28, 1808.
Saunders, Westbrook, et al., "Celebrating Vermont; Myths and Realities," Middlebury, VT: Johnson Memorial Gallery, 1991, pg. 110.
Seaver, Inez Waite, "The Wait Brothers," Vermont Life, Fall 1951.
"Clarendon, Vermont 1761-1976," Rutland, VT: Academy Books, n.d., pg. 16, 17.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Saunders, Westbrook, et al, "Celebrating Vermont; Myths and Realities," Middlebury, VT: Johnson Memorial Gallery, 1991, pg. 111.
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 VT000248
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