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Religion -- New Testament
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Durham
Sculpture
Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed 1953 or 1954.
Medium:
Sculpture: concrete; Base: fieldstone, granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. 10 in. x 23 in. x 18 in.; Base: approx. 40 x 59 x 35 in.
Inscription:
(On bronze plaque on front of base:) NEAR THIS SPOT/THE FIRST MASS/ON NEW HAMPSHIRE SOIL/WAS OFFERED/A.D. 1694/THIS SHRINE ERECTED/IN MEMORY OF/MR. AND MRS. FRANCIS P. MURPHY/A.D. 1953 unsigned
Description:
Full-length figure of Mary. She wears sandals, robes and a cloak which covers her head. The robes are decorated with two stars and belted at the waist with a tasseled cord. Her outer cloak has embroidery around the edges. A rosary is looped over her proper right arm and her hands are clasped in prayer. She stands on a billowy mass of clouds or rocks. Two plants grow up on either side of her. The concrete sculpture stands on a base composed of mortared fieldstones topped by a polished gray granite slab.
Subject:
Religion -- New Testament -- Mary
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Durham
Sculpture
Owner:
St. Thomas More Parish, 6 Madbury Road, P. O. Box 620, Durham, New Hampshire 03824
Remarks:
The sculpture was donated to the parish by Governor Francis P. Murphy to commemorate the first Catholic worship in New Hampshire. Plaque indicates the sculpture was installed in 1953; related publications indicate the sculpture was installed in 1954. IAS files contain copy of related excerpt from Durham Historic Association's "Durham New Hampshire a History 1900-1985", Canaan, NH: Phoenix Publishing, 1985, pg. 182-183.
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 NH000399
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Inventory of American Sculpture
NH000399
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