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    		• Thompson, Launt,
     
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    		• Robert Wood & Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Pierson, Abraham
     
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    		• Occupation -- Education
     
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    		• Occupation -- Religion
     
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    		• Dress -- Ecclesiastical
     
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    		• Dress -- Ceremonial
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Clinton
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Abraham Pierson, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Thompson, Launt, 1833-1894, sculptor.
    Robert Wood & Company, founder.
    Title: 
    Abraham Pierson, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1874.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 6 x 2 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 6 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 6 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On front of sculpture:) LAUNT THOMPSON SC/1874 (Incised on right side of sculpture:) ROBERT WOOD & CO./BRONZE FOUNDERS/PHILA. (Incised on base, front:) IN HONOR OF/THE GOOD AND LEARNED/ABRAHAM PIERSON/FIRST PRESIDENT/OF/YALE COLLEGE 1701-1707/PASTOR OF KILLINGWORTH CHURCH/NOW CLINTON 1694-1707/THE TIME OF HIS DEATH/BELOVED AND REGRETTED BY ALL (Incised on base, right:) ERECTED BY/CHARLES MORGAN/OF NEW YORK/A NATIVE OF THIS PLACE signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Full-length figure of Abraham Pierson stands on a square pedestal. The figure wears clerical vestments and an academic robe. He holds a book to his chest in his proper right hand.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Pierson, Abraham -- Full length
    Occupation -- Education -- University President
    Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy
    Dress -- Ecclesiastical
    Dress -- Ceremonial -- Academic Dress
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Clinton
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Clinton, Department of Parks and Recreation, 61 East Main Street, Clinton, Connecticut 06413
    Located Adjacent to 363 Main Street, Clinton, Connecticut
    Remarks: 
    Erected by Charles Morgan, a native of Clinton, the sculpture depicts Abraham Pierson, a clergyman and first President of Yale University. Another cast of this sculpture is located at Yale. The work is lit with a spotlight attached to the back of the base. For further reading see: Kathleen Sinclair Wood, "Clues to American Sculpture," (Washington: Starrhill Press, 1990), pg. 16-17.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993.
    Craven, Wayne, "Sculpture in America," (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell C., 1968), pg. 237-240.
    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 CT000369
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