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    		• Saville, Bruce Wilder,
     
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    		• American Art Foundry,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Quincy
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Doughboy, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Saville, Bruce Wilder, 1893-1938, sculptor.
    American Art Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    The Doughboy, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1924.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 9 x 3.5 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 6 x 4 x 6 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On front of base, in raised letters:) TO THE/MEN OF QUINCY/WHO SERVED/IN THE/WORLD WAR/1917-1918 signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A standing World War I soldier dressed in his uniform carries a Springfield rifle in his proper right hand and a German helmet in his proper left hand. A gas mask hangs around his neck, and a bed roll, a shovel, and a canteen are strapped to his back. Around his waist is an ammunition belt. The sculpture rests on a square base.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- World War I
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Quincy
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Quincy, Quincy, Massachusetts
    Located 8 Adams Street, grounds of the Adams Academy, Quincy, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture is located in front of the Adams Academy which now home to the Quincy Historical Society. IAS files contain a copy of the Massachusetts Historical Commission Form C - Object questionnaire dated July 1, 1986. For additional information see: Paul R. Lyons, "Quincy: A Pictorial History," 1983, pg. 99; the Quincy Historical Society (Spring 1986): pg. 3-4; and the Quincy Patriot Ledger, Jan. 7, 1947, pg. E-11.
    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 87740254
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