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St. Patrick, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Knowles Church Contractors, contractor. Title:  St. Patrick, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Saint Patrick, (sculpture). Medium:  Sculpture: limestone or marble; Base: fieldstone and concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. x 20 in. x 18 in.; Base: approx. 42 x 30 x 32 in. Inscription:  (On bronze plaque on front of sculpture base, raised lettering:) GIFT OF MR. & MRS. CHARLES RICARDI/ST. PATRICK PRAY FOR US (On metal plate on rear of sculpture base:) ERECTED BY/KNOWLES CHURCH CONTRACTORS/DORCHESTER MASSACHUSETTS unsigned Description:  St. Patrick stands in robes with a sash and tassels hanging from his sleeves. He has a beard and long hair, and wears a peaked Bishop's hat. He holds a Bishop's staff with his proper left hand. The handle of the staff contains a three leaf clover inside a curl at the top. He holds a shamrock in the fist of his proper right hand at chest-level. Two snakes are curled next to his proper right shoe. The sculpture has a short, square self base and is mounted upon a slightly tapered base made of mortared fieldstone with a concrete cap. Subject:  Religion -- Saint -- St. Patrick Dress -- Accessory -- Cane Dress -- Ecclesiastical Animal -- Reptile -- Snake Object -- Foliage -- Clover Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Carroll Sculpture Owner:  St. Patrick's Catholic Church, 13 Ridgeview Drive, Carroll, New Hampshire 13595 Remarks:  The sculpture was a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ricardi. IAS files contain excerpt from Frederic B. Lehr's "Carroll, New Hampshire, The First Two Hundred Years 1772-1972," Littleton, N.H.: 1972, pg.77-78, which gives history of the new church built in 1915. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1994. 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 NH000363   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NH000363 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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