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Homage -- Shed, Daniel
Architecture exterior -- Lighthouse
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Quincy
Sculpture
Shed Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Shed Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated Aug. 1916.
Medium:
Granite and copper.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 20 x 4 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 4 x 6 x 6 ft.
Inscription:
(On base plaque:) A MEMORIAL TO/DANIEL SHED/AN ORIGINAL SETTLER AND RESIDENT HERE/IN OLD BRAINTREE/1642-1658/HIS DESCENDENTS TO THE TENTH GENERATION/ERECT THIS SHAFT TO COMMEMORATE HIS LIFE./THEY DEDICATED IT TO THE CITY OF QUINCY AND/AS A BEACON TO THE/SAILORS SNUG HARBOR/WHICH FOR OVER 60 YEARS HAS OCCUPIED THE/LAND ONCE TILLED BY THEIR ANCESTOR FOR/WHOM IT WAS FOR THE FIRST CENTURY CALLED/SHEDS NECK/A NAME THAT IT IS HOPED MAY NOW BE RESTORED/ERECTED/AUGUST 1916 BY/THE SHED FAMILY ASSOCIATION unsigned
Description:
A granite replica of a lighthouse with a copper beacon. The lighthouse rests on a circular base that rests on an octagonal foundation in the middle of a traffic circle.
Subject:
Homage -- Shed, Daniel
Architecture exterior -- Lighthouse
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Quincy
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Quincy, Quincy, Massachusetts
Located Palmer Street, Quincy, Massachusetts
Remarks:
The memorial was a gift to the City of Quincy by the Shed Family Association in honor of their ancestor, Daniel Shed.
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 MA000796
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Inventory of American Sculpture
MA000796
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