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Thompson, Launt,
Robert Wood & Company,
Portrait male -- Morgan, Charles
Occupation -- Education
Occupation -- Industry
Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Clinton
Sculpture
Charles Morgan, (sculpture).
Artist:
Thompson, Launt, 1833-1894, sculptor.
Robert Wood & Company, founder.
Title:
Charles Morgan, (sculpture).
Dates:
1874. Installed 1876.
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:
(Incised on front of sculpture:) LAUNT THOMPSON SC/1874 (Incised on right side of sculpture:) ROBERT WOOD & CO./BRONZE FOUNDERS/PHILA. (On base, front:) CHARLES MORGAN/FOUNDER OF THE MORGAN SCHOOL/1871/ERECTED 1876 signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Full-length figure of Charles Morgan stands on a square pedestal. The figure wears a suit with bow tie and long, double-breasted coat. His proper left hand is on his hip.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Morgan, Charles -- Full length
Occupation -- Education
Occupation -- Industry -- Shipping
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Clinton
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Town of Clinton, Department of Parks and Recreation, 61 East Main Street, Clinton, Connecticut
Located Adjacent to 363 Main Street, Clinton, Connecticut
Remarks:
Charles Morgan was a New York ship owner, founder of the Morgan School and native of Clinton. He gave the town over $300,000 to establish a free school. 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:
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, CT5030, 1989.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993.
Monumental News, Nov. 1894, pg. 544.
Craven, Wayne, "Sculpture in America," (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 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 CT000370
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