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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Conrads, Carl H.,     Fox, John A.,     Ames Manufacturing Company,     New England Granite Works,     Portrait male -- Stark, John     Occupation -- Military     Dress -- Uniform     Portrait male -- Brines, John Francis     Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Concord     Sculpture

General John Stark, (sculpture). Artist:  Conrads, Carl H., 1839-1920, sculptor. Fox, John A., 1835-1920, architect. Ames Manufacturing Company, founder. New England Granite Works, fabricator. Title:  General John Stark, (sculpture). Other Titles:  John Stark, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned 1889. Dedicated Oct. 23, 1890. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 32 in. x 32 in.; Base: approx. 9 ft. 5 in. x 8 ft. 1 in. x 8 ft. 1 in. Inscription:  (Front of base, raised letters:) GEN. STARK (Proper right:) BUNKER HILL (Proper left:) BENNINGTON (Back:) MAJ. GEN. JOHN STARK/BORN IN LONDONDERRY N.H./AUG.28.1728/DIED IN MANCHESTER N.H./MAY 8.1822/ERECTED/BY THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE/A.D. 1890 unsigned Description:  Full-length portrait of General John Stark seen in a Napoleonic stance; hat under his proper left arm, his proper right hand in his coat. He is dressed in military uniform, with sword at proper left side. Subject:  Portrait male -- Stark, John -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- General Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Portrait male -- Brines, John Francis Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Concord Sculpture Owner:  Administered by State of New Hampshire, Administrative Services, State House Annex, 25 Capitol Street, Room 120, Concord, New Hampshire 03301 Located New Hampshire State House, Lawn, Main Street, Concord, New Hampshire 03301 Remarks:  The idea for the statue originated with Prof. Taylor of Andover Theological Seminary in 1889. That year, the newly formed New Hampshire Society of the Sons of the Revolution asked for the memorial and by Aug. 14, 1889, the state legislature appropriated $12,000 for the statue. A committee selected an $8,000 proposal by New England Granite Works (Hartford, Connecticut); the model prepared by Carl Conrads, the company's sculptor. Conrads used a Trumbull portrait for Stark's face and modelled the body on John Francis Brines, a granite cutter and sculptor. The statue was cast by Ames Manufacturing Company and the pedestal designed by architect John A. Fox. The statue was completed by Oct. 1890 and dedicated Oct. 23, 1890. IAS files include related excerpts from David Ruell's "The Public Sculpture of New Hampshire," Concord: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1980; the "The Statue Erected by the State of New Hampshire in honor of General John Stark," Manchester: John B. Clarke printer, 1890. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1993. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. 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 76008594   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76008594 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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