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Pickett, Byron M.,
M. J. Power Bronze Founder,
History -- United States
Figure female -- Full length
Animal -- Bird
Allegory -- Quality
Allegory -- Civic
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Kingston
Sculpture
Patriotism, (sculpture).
Artist:
Pickett, Byron M., sculptor.
M. J. Power Bronze Founder, founder.
Title:
Patriotism, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Daughters of the Regiment, (sculpture).
Dates:
1896. Dedicated Oct. 17, 1896.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: pink granite.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. H. 8 ft.; Flag pole: approx. H. 11 ft.
Inscription:
(Inscribed on front part of right side of base:) B.M. PICKETT SCULPTOR 1896 (Inscribed on back end of left side of base:) J.M. Power-N.Y.1896 (Bronze plaque on front of pedestal:) To the undying renown/of the rank and file/of the/One Hundred and Twentieth/Infantry/New York Volunteers/one of/"Thre Hundred Fighting Regiments"/in the/War for the Union/by the Colonel of the Regiment./1896. (Plaque on back of granite base:) "Battles/in which the Regiment was engaged/From the War Department/Fredericksburg, Chancellorville/Gettisburg (sic), James City, Mine Run,/Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna,/Totopotomoy, Cold Harbor, Petersburg,/Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom,/Polar Spring Church,/Boydton Plank Road (Oct. 27-28 1864),/Dabney Mills (or Hatcher's Run),/Petersburg (or Tucker's House March 25, 1865),/Boydton Plank Road (March 31, 1865)/White Oak Road, Amelia Spring,/Farmville, Appotomattox Court House." signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Female figure standing holding the fold of the flag around pole with her proper left hand. She holds the tip of the flag close to her chest with her proper right hand. Figure has a square bronze pedestal atop a pink granite base decorated with reliefs of Liberty and Justice on each side of a shield, two inscription plaques and an eagle with wings spread.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Figure female -- Full length
Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
Allegory -- Quality -- Justice
Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Kingston
Sculpture
Owner:
Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Museum, Fair & Main Street, Kingston, New York 12401
Remarks:
The monument was dedicated Oct. 17, 1896 to the 120th Regiment of New York Volunteers by its commander, General George H. Sharpe, reportedly making it the only statue in the country raised by a general to his men. IAS files contain copy of excerpt from Olde Vlster: An Hiftorical (sic) and Genealogical Magazine, Dec. 1905, pg. 366-367 and related material from the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church.
Conservation:
Treated 1996 May-June. Coryat Casting Co., Inc. (Rhinebeck, NY). Treatment report on file with conservator.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1993.
SOS Conservation Notification Report, 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 NY000383
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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