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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Cowell, Joseph G.,     Gorham Manufacturing Company,     Portrait male -- Sweatt, William Herbert     Occupation -- Other     Portrait male -- Philip, King     Ethnic -- Indian     Religion -- Puritan     History -- United States     History -- United States     Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Wrentham     Relief     Sculpture

Entrance to Sweatt Park, (sculpture). Artist:  Cowell, Joseph G., sculptor. Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder. Title:  Entrance to Sweatt Park, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Sweatt Park, (sculpture). Dates:  1936. Medium:  Relief plaque: bronze; Relief: granite; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Relief plaque: approx. 18 x 36 in.; Relief: approx. 4 x 7 ft. Inscription:  (On bronze relief plaque:) SWEATT/MEMORIAL PARK/IN MEMORY OF/WILLIAM HERBERT SWEATT/THIS PARK WAS CONSTRUCTED/BY MEANS OF INCOME FROM/THE FUND BEQUEATHED BY HIM/TO THE TOWN OF WRENTHAM / Joseph G. Cowell, Sc. 1936 / Gorham Co. signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A bronze plaque bearing a relief portrait of William Herbert Sweatt is attached to the granite entrance wall of Sweatt Park. On the back of the entrance wall is a granite relief depicting the first settlers purchasing the Wrentham land from Native American, King Philip. Subject:  Portrait male -- Sweatt, William Herbert -- Bust Occupation -- Other -- Businessman Portrait male -- Philip, King -- Full length Ethnic -- Indian Religion -- Puritan History -- United States -- Colonization History -- United States -- Massachusetts Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Wrentham Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Town of Wrentham, Wrentham, Massachusetts Located Sweatt Park, Bank Street, Wrentham, Massachusetts Remarks:  William Sweatt was the owner of the American Felt Company at City Mills in Norfolk. IAS files contain a copy of the Massachusetts Historical Commission Form C - Monuments questionnaire. References:  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 MA001042   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MA001042 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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