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Thomas McManus Plaque, (sculpture). Artist:  Hardy, John G., sculptor. Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder. Title:  Thomas McManus Plaque, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed 1923. Medium:  Plaque: bronze; Base: gray/tan granite. Dimensions:  Plaque: approx. 48 x 25 1/4 x 1 in.; Base: 7 ft. 6 in. x 5 ft. x 4 ft. Inscription:  (Lower right corner of plaque, incised lettering:) JOHN G. HARDY/Sc. (Lower left corner of plaque:) GORHAM Co. FOUNDERS (On plaque, beneath portrait, in raised lettering:) 1834 THOMAS McMANUS 1914 / BORN.IN.HARTFORD.HE.LIVED / HERE.AND.DIED.RICH.IN / THE.ESTEEM.OF.HIS.FELLOWS / MAJOR.OF.THE.25TH.INFANTRY / CONNECTICUT.VOLUNTEERS.1862 - 1863 / HE.WAS.A.BRAVE.SOLDIER.BELOVED / BY.HIS.MEN / UPON.THIS.FIELD.WHICH.WAS.ONCE / THEIR.CAMPING.GROUND.HIS.SURVIVING / COMRADES.IN.AFFECTIONATE.MEMORY / HAVE.PLACED.THIS.TABLET.AS.A / TRIBUTE.TO.HIS.MERIT.AND / PATRIOTISM.AS.CITIZEN.AND.SOLDIER / 1923 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  The plaque contains a bas-relief, bust-length portrait of Thomas McManus with a full beard and moustache. He is shown in proper right profile dressed in a coat, weskit, and bow tie. There is an inscription beneath the bust. The plaque is recessed into a rough-edged granite slab. Subject:  Portrait male -- McManus, Thomas -- Bust Occupation -- Military -- General Occupation -- Law -- Judge Occupation -- Industry -- Construction Occupation -- Political -- State Congressman Occupation -- Political -- Municipal Official Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Hartford Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Hartford, Parks and Recreation Department, 25 Stonington Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06106 Located Opposite 657 Maple Avenue, junction of Campfield & Maple Avenues, Hartford, Connecticut Remarks:  The sculpture commemorates Civil War general Thomas McManus, 1834-1914, a Hartford native born of Irish immigrants, and was erected by his Civil War comrades. McManus learned the carpenter's trade and worked at it for several years before being admitted to the bar in 1864. During the Civil War he was in the Twenty-fifth Connecticut Regiment and saw active service in Louisiana and commanded his regiment at Port Hudson. After the Civil War he became Judge of Hartford City Court from 1866 to 1868 and Judge of the Common Pleas for Hartford County from 1875 to 1877. He also represented Hartford in the State Legislature in 1878 and was Recorder of the Hartford City Court from 1893 to 1897. IAS files contain detailed biographical information on Mcmanus from "Hartford in 1912," Hartford: Hartford Post, 1912, pg. 157. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1994. 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 CT000263   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CT000263 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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