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    		• Miller, Ferdinand von, II,
     
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    		• Royal Foundry,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Hale, John Parker
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Occupation -- Education
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Concord
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    John P. Hale, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Miller, Ferdinand von, II, 1842-1929, sculptor.
    Royal Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    John P. Hale, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1892. Dedicated Aug. 3, 1892.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: Concord granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. 4 in. x 50 in. x 50 in.; Base: approx. 9 ft. 8 in. x 8 in. x 8 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On proper right side of bronze self base:) V. MILLER FEC/MUNCHEN 1892 (On front of granite base:) JOHN P. HALE (On side of base:) JOHN P. HALE/FIRST ANTI-SLAVERY U.S. SENATOR/OF CONCORD/1892 HE SECURED THE ABOLITION OF FLOGGING/AND THE SPIRIT OF RATION IN THE NAVY/BORN IN ROCHESTER 1806/DIED AT DOVER 1873 (On south side of base:) THE MEASURE OF MY AMBITION WILL BE/FULL IF WHEN MY WIFE AND CHILDREN/SHALL REPAIR TO MY GRAVE TO DROP/THE TEAR OF AFFECTION TO MY MEMORY/THEY MAY READ ON MY TOMBSTONE,/HE WHO LIES BENEATH SURRENDED/OFFICE, PLACE AND POWER RATHER/THAN BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP SLAVERY. (On rear of base:) PRESENTED/TO THE STATE/OF/NEW HAMPSHIRE/BY/WILLIAM E. CHANDLER signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Full-length portrait of Senator John Parker Hale, depicted as an orator, his proper left hand grasping a rolled manuscript; his proper right arm extended and raised in gesture. Hale is shown standing and dresed in shirt, cravat, vest, long dress coat, pants and shoes. He stands atop a tall granite base with bronze text plaques on three sides.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Hale, John Parker -- Full length
    Occupation -- Political -- Senator
    History -- United States -- Black History
    Occupation -- Political -- Diplomat
    Occupation -- Education -- Orator
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Concord
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by State of New Hampshire, Administrative Services, State House Annex, 25 Capitol Street, Concord, New Hampshire 03301
    Located New Hampshire State House, Lawn, Main Street, Concord, New Hampshire
    Remarks: 
    The statue commemorates orator and politician John Parker Hale (1806-1873). Hale served in the New Hampshire state legislature, was District Attorney under President Jackson; U.S. Congressman and Senator, and after the Civil War served as U.S. minister to Spain. He is perhaps best known for his stance against slavery and the "measure of ambition" text on the monument is a quote a debate with Franklin Pierce in Concord.
    The sculpture was a gift to the state from Hale's son-in-law, William E. Chandler, himself a U.S. Senator from New Hampshire. He proposed the idea in April of 1890. The sculpture was cast and dedicated in 1892. IAS files contain copy of "The Statue of John P. Hale, erected in front of the Capitol and presented to the State of New Hampshire by William E. Chandler of Concord...," 1892; and excerpt from David Ruell's "The Public Sculpture of New Hampshire," (typescript, New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord), pg. 135-138.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1994.
    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 76001440
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