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Partridge, William Ordway,
Literature -- Character
Literature -- Trask
Occupation -- Military
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Saratoga Springs
Sculpture
Christalan, (sculpture).
Artist:
Partridge, William Ordway, 1861-1930, sculptor.
Title:
Christalan, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Spencer Trask Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated 1900.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Marble on a granite base.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 90 x 32 x 28 in.; Base: 25 x 34 3/4 x 33 1/2 in.; granite step-base, overall H. 19 in. x W. 13 ft. x D. 13 ft.
Inscription:
(On front of marble base:) CHRISTALAN (on proper left side of base:) IN MEMORY OF/THE CHILDREN/OF THIS HOUSE (On proper back of base:) MCM (On proper right side of base:) ALAN/CHRISTINA/SPENCER JR./KATRINA (Signed:) PARTRIDGE signed
Description:
Life-sized figure of a young man in a knave's dress. He wears a full-sleeved, knee-length tunic which bears a 3-inch border of flowers and figures. A floor-length cape attaches to the tunic with a round brooch on his proper left shoulder. He wears ankle length boots with pointed toes. His hair is worn in a page-boy style. His proper arm extends skyward; his proper left arm clasps a spray of flowers to his chest. This tunic is inscribed "and/true."
Subject:
Literature -- Character -- Christalan
Literature -- Trask -- Christalan
Occupation -- Military -- Knight
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Saratoga Springs
Sculpture
Owner:
Corporation of Yaddo, Union Avenue, Box 395, Saratoga Springs, New York 12866
Remarks:
This statue was commissioned by Mrs. Katrina Trask in memory of her four children, who all died in childhood. The figure portrays an apprentice knight, Christalan, the hero of her narrative poem of the same title (published by C.P. Putnam's Sons, NY & London's Knickerbocker Press.) In the poem, embroidered on his tunic, are the words Valiant and True (the word valiant obscured by flowers on the state). In the poem, the young man dies as a result of a valorous act which earns him knighthood on his deathbed.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1992.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Partridge, William Ordway, "The Works in Sculpture of William Ordway Partridge," John Lane Company, New York, New York, 1914, pg. 65.
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 NY000024
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