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Cowell, Joseph G.,
Gorham Manufacturing Company,
Portrait male -- Sweatt, William Herbert
Occupation -- Other
Portrait male -- Philip, King
Ethnic -- Indian
Religion -- Puritan
History -- United States
History -- United States
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Wrentham
Relief
Sculpture
Entrance to Sweatt Park, (sculpture).
Artist:
Cowell, Joseph G., sculptor.
Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
Title:
Entrance to Sweatt Park, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Sweatt Park, (sculpture).
Dates:
1936.
Medium:
Relief plaque: bronze; Relief: granite; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Relief plaque: approx. 18 x 36 in.; Relief: approx. 4 x 7 ft.
Inscription:
(On bronze relief plaque:) SWEATT/MEMORIAL PARK/IN MEMORY OF/WILLIAM HERBERT SWEATT/THIS PARK WAS CONSTRUCTED/BY MEANS OF INCOME FROM/THE FUND BEQUEATHED BY HIM/TO THE TOWN OF WRENTHAM / Joseph G. Cowell, Sc. 1936 / Gorham Co. signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A bronze plaque bearing a relief portrait of William Herbert Sweatt is attached to the granite entrance wall of Sweatt Park. On the back of the entrance wall is a granite relief depicting the first settlers purchasing the Wrentham land from Native American, King Philip.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Sweatt, William Herbert -- Bust
Occupation -- Other -- Businessman
Portrait male -- Philip, King -- Full length
Ethnic -- Indian
Religion -- Puritan
History -- United States -- Colonization
History -- United States -- Massachusetts
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Wrentham
Relief
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Town of Wrentham, Wrentham, Massachusetts
Located Sweatt Park, Bank Street, Wrentham, Massachusetts
Remarks:
William Sweatt was the owner of the American Felt Company at City Mills in Norfolk. IAS files contain a copy of the Massachusetts Historical Commission Form C - Monuments questionnaire.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
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 MA001042
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
MA001042
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