Spanish-American War Memorial, (sculpture).

Spanish-American War Memorial, (sculpture).

Pratt, Bela Lyon, 1867-1917, sculptor.

Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, founder.

Spanish-American War Memorial, (sculpture).

Modeled 1902. Cast 1903. Dedicated June 6, 1906.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. x 26 in. x 23 in.; Base: approx. 70 x 44 x 44 in.

(On proper right side of bronze self base:) Bela L. Pratt/Sculptor 1902 (On rear bronze base:) THE HENRY-BONNARD BRONZE CO./FOUNDERS N.Y. 1903 (Bronze plaque on front of base:) IN HONOR/OF ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY/ST. PAUL'S MEN/WHO SERVED IN THE ARMY AND NAVY/OF THE UNITED STATES/DURING THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR,/AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF SEVEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/FOR THEIR COUNTRY/AND WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE COMMITTED/TO THE FAITHFUL KEEPING OF THEIR SUCCESSORS/AT ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL

WILLIAM GEORGE ELLIOT/FIRST LIEUT. 12TH INFANTRY U.S.A./AUGUSTUS CANFIELD LEDYARD/FIRST LIEUT. 6TH INFANTRY U.S.A./OLIVER PERRY SMITH CAPT. AND COMMISSARY/1ST BRIGADE 2ND DIVISION 7TH ARMY CORPS U.S.A./HAMILTON FISH JR. 1ST SERGEANT/TROOP L. 1ST U.S. VOL. CAVALRY/THEODORE WESTWOOD MILLER/PRIVATE 1ST U.S. VOL. CAVALRY/STUART WADSWORTH WHEELER/PRIVATE PHILA. CITY. TROOP./U.S.V./WILLIAM CHASE ADAMS/PRIVATE 2ND VA. U.S.V./1903 signed Founder's mark appears.

A bronze statue of a young officer of the Spanish American War standing at ease on a granite base. He is dressed in uniform of a second lieutenant, with boots, leggings, pants, jacket with high collar, and gloves. Both gloved hands rest on the hilt of a sword which he holds in front of him, the tip resting on the ground. His proper right hand also holds the brim of his officer's hat.

History -- United States -- Spanish American War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Occupation -- Military -- Second Lieutenant

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Object -- Weapon -- Sword

Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Concord

Administered by St. Paul's School, Art Center in Hargate, 325 Pleasant Street, Concord, New Hampshire 03301

Located St. Paul's School, Terrace in front of Sheldon Library, Library Road, Concord, New Hampshire

The sculpture was erected by the Alumni Association of St. Paul's, in memory of men from St. Paul's who fought and died in the Spanish-American War. $10,000 was raised through public subscription.

IAS files contain copies of related articles from Horae Scholasticae, vol. XXXIV, no. 9 (June 26, 1901), pg. 243-244; New England Magazine, Vol. 27 (Feb. 1903), pg. 760-771; Concord Evening Monitor, June 6, 1906; and excerpt from David Ruell's "The Public Sculpture of New Hampshire," (typescript, New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord), 1980, pg. 156-158.

IAS files also contain excerpts from Arthur Stanwood Pier's "St. Paul's School, 1855-1934," Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1934, pg. 254-255. The sculpture is also briefly mentioned in Wayne Craven's "Sculpture in America," New York, 1968, pg. 494; and Lorado Taft's "The History of American Sculpture," NY: 1924, pg. 497.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1994.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.

New England Magazine, Feb. 1903, pg. 762-763.

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