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Joseph Wadsworth, (sculpture). Artist:  Bartlett, Paul Wayland, 1865-1925, sculptor. Title:  Joseph Wadsworth, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Connecticut State Capitol: North Elevation, (sculpture). Dates:  1916. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: marble; Plinth: marble. Dimensions:  Approx. 6 x 2.5 x 2 ft. Inscription:  (On plinth:) WADSWORTH Description:  A full-length portrait of Joseph Wadsworth. He stands atop a column, underneath a Gothic canopy on Capitol facade. Subject:  Portrait male -- Wadsworth, Joseph -- Full length Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Hartford Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Administered by State of Connecticut, Office of Legislative Management, Legislative Office Building, 210 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut 06106 Located Connecticut State Capitol, 210 Capitol Avenue, North Entrance, Hartford, Connecticut 06106 Remarks:  Joseph Wadsworth (1647-1730) allegedly saved the colonial charter in 1687 by hiding it in the Charter Oak tree. One of six statues and five bas-relief scenes on the Capitol's north facade, all associated with significant figures and events from the pre-Revolutionary War history of Connecticut. The sculptural ornamentation on the north elevation was commissioned and created as an integrated whole under the artistic supervision of Paul Wayland Bartlett. The works were commissioned by the State Commission on Sculpture primarily between 1906-1908 and dedicated July 30, 1908, with the exception this Wadsworth statue installed in 1916. For further reading see: Marion Hepburn Grant's "In and About Hartford-Tours and Tales," (Hartford, Connecticut Historical Society, 1978), pg. 193; and The Hartford Courant, June 2, 1985 (Northeast Magazine supplement on State Capitol), pg. 21. For related unpublished source materials see: "Hartford's Outdoor Sculpture," exhibition catalogue (April 1981), Trinity College, Hartford, pg. 43; background materials for exhibit on state-commissioned sculpture prepared by Robert Xaver Johnson, 1988 (State Archives, Connecticut State Library, Hartford); and "A Grand Restoration Project," (prepared by League of Women Voters of Connecticut, Education fund, for Capitol information and tours, n.d.). References:  National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, CT0052, 1989. Monumental News, Jan. 1905, pg. 36. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut 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 75001672   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75001672 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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