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Horace Sprague Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Lukeman, Augustus, 1871-1935, sculptor. Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder. Title:  Horace Sprague Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated June 15, 1932. Medium:  Relief plaques: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Each relief plaque: 54 x 19 x 1 in.; Granite base: 93 x 42 x 5 in. Inscription:  (On relief plaque, just below portrait:) HORACE SPRAGUE/WAS BORN IN THE TOWN OF MAYFIELD ON/AUGUST 1, 1798 (...inscription not transcribed). Description:  A granite stele base adorned on the front with a rectangular bronze relief plaque depicting Horace Sprague with his body turned slightly to the left and his gaze directed off to the left. On the back of the stele is a rectangular bronze relief plaque depicting the Kingsborough Academy with a poem by Professor Sprague inscribed below. The plaques are installed on either side of a tall granite stele that carved in relief with two sets of double columns that flank each relief plaque. Subject:  Portrait male -- Sprague, Horace -- Bust Occupation -- Education -- Teacher Architecture exterior -- Education Object Type:  Relief Sculpture Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Gloversville Owner:  Administered by City of Gloversville, Department of Public Works, Frontage Road, New York Gloversville, 12078 Located Kingsboro Avenue Park, Kingsboro Avenue, Gloversville, New York Remarks:  The memorial honors Professor Horace Sprague, A.M., principal of the Kingsborough Academy from 1838-1858. The sculpture was provided for in the will of Ruth A. Parsons who set aside a fund of $20,000-$30,000 for the erection of memorials to the two leading figures in the early development of Kingsboro, Presbyterian minister Dr. Elisha Yale and schoolmaster Horace Sprague IAS files contain an excerpt from "The Parsons' Memorials to Dr. Elisha Yale, Prof. Horace Sprague, and The Pioneers of Kingsborough," 1932, and a photocopy of the dedication booklet for the memorials to both Dr. Elisha Yale and Professor Horace Sprague. References:  Coryat, Isabel, 2007. 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 78310008   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 78310008 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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