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    		• McAuliffe, T. J.,
     
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    		• McAuliffe, Florence Joseph,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Morton, William T. G.
     
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    		• Occupation -- Medicine
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Charlton
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    Morton Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    McAuliffe, T. J., sculptor.
    McAuliffe, Florence Joseph, 1882-1940, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Morton Memorial, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Dr. William Morton Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Sept. 1, 1921.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Relief: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Overall: approx. 7 ft. 10 in. x 7 ft. 10 in. x 19 in.; Foundation: approx. 12 in. x 7 ft. 6 in. x 19 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On relief:) MORTON (On front of base, below relief:) WILLIAM T. G. MORTON/DENTIST/DISCOVERER AND DEMONSTRATOR OF ETHER ANAESTHESIA/NOTABLE CONTRIBUTOR TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF SURGERY/FIRST PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION AT THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL/OCTOBER 16, 1846/BORN IN CHARLTON AUGUST 9, 1819/DIED IN NEW YORK JULY 15, 1868 unsigned
    Description: 
    A circular bronze relief plaque with a portrait of Dr. William T. G. Morton is installed on the front of a granite stele.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Morton, William T. G. -- Bust
    Occupation -- Medicine -- Dentist
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Charlton
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Charlton, Board of Selectmen, 44 Main Street, Charlton, Massachusetts 01507
    Located Charlton Common, Main Street, Charlton, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    In 1919, a committee was formed to erect a memorial to Charlton native, Dr. William T. G. Morton, a dentist who discovered the anaesthetic propertied of ether. The local committee was later joined by a state committee whose members were politicians, heads of dental schools, and heads of hospitals. The sculpture was begun by T. J. McAuliffe and finished by Florence Joseph McAuliffe.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1995.
    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 MA000392
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