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Worden Brothers Monument Manufacturing Company,
History -- United States
Figure group -- Male
Occupation -- Military
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Object -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Penn Yan
Sculpture
Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Worden Brothers Monument Manufacturing Company, fabricator.
Title:
Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
1907.
Medium:
Sculpture: Barre granite; Base: Barre granite.
Dimensions:
Overall: approx. 52 ft. x 14 ft. 4 in. x 14 ft. 4 in. (120 tons).
Inscription:
(On base, front:) TO HONOR THE MEN/OF YATES COUNTY/WHO FOUGHT TO SAVE THEIR COUNTRY (On base, rear:) LEST WE FORGET (On base, right:) FRATERNITY CHARITY LOYALTY (On base, left:) POPULATION OF YATES COUNTY IN 1860/20,290/SOLDIERS FURNISHED BY YATES COUNTY IN/THE WAR OF THE REBELLION/2,109 unsigned
Description:
Monument consists of a tall, tapered shaft on a tiered, rough-hewn base. A uniformed color bearer stands atop the shaft, with the flag on its pole crooked in his proper left arm. Four uniformed male figures, each representative of different branches of the Armed Forces, stand at the base of the shaft, one on each side. They are an infantryman, an artilleryman, a cavalryman and a sailor.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Figure group -- Male
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Occupation -- Military -- Sailor
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object -- Other -- Flag
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Penn Yan
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Yates County Legislature, 226 Main Street, Penn Yan, New York 14527
Located Court House Park, Penn Yan, New York
Remarks:
The cost of the monument was $6,000 or $8,000, of which the County contributed $3,000, the Grand Army of the Republic and Auxiliaries contributed $2,100 and the balance was made up by public subscription. IAS files contain excerpts from "Penn Yan, New York," by Walter Wolcott (Penn Yan, NY: Peerless Printing Co., 1913) and from the Shepard Scrapbooks, Oliver House Museum, Penn Yan, NY, 1907.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Wolcott, Walter, "Penn Yan, New York," Penn Yan, NY: Peerless Printing Co., 1913, pg. 124.
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 NY001760
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