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Newman, Allen George,
History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Dress -- Uniform
Figure female
Allegory -- Civic
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Lancaster
Sculpture
Spanish American
War
Maine Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Newman, Allen George, 1875-1940, sculptor.
Title:
Spanish American
War
Maine Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
Copyrighted 1931. Installed 1931.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 103 x 27 1/2 x 26 1/4 in.; Base: approx. 63 x 66 x 38 in.; Platform: approx. 18 in. x 30 ft. x 16 ft.
Inscription:
(copyright symbol) Allen G. Newman A.N.A. 1931 Sc / JNO Williams Inc. N.Y. (On plaque, front of base:) In Memoriam/USS Main/Destroyed in Havana Harbor/Feb 15, 1898/This tablet is cast from metal recovered from the USS Maine / Patriotism / Devotion (On back of base:) 1898-1902/Erected by General Wm S. McCaskey Camp United Span-/ish
War
Veterans, The City and County of Lancaster, in/memory of Volunteers from Lancaster County, in the Spanish/American
War
./The Powder Tank donated by the U.S./Navy Department/was recovered from the USS Maine, in Havana Harbor/The Cannon and Cannon balls were donated by the US/
War
Department under authority of a special act of Congress./Dedicated July 4, 1913/This tablet is cast from metal recovered from the U.S.S. Maine. signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
The figure of a Spanish-American
War
soldier holding a rifle stands atop a rectangular base adorned on the front with a bronze relief of Liberty holding a shield in her proper left hand. The sculpture is installed on a wide platform adorned with two cannons.
Subject:
History
--
United States
--
Spanish American
War
Figure male
--
Full length
Dress
--
Uniform
--
Military Uniform
Figure female
Allegory
--
Civic
--
Liberty
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture
--
Pennsylvania
--
Lancaster
Sculpture
Owner:
Buchanan Park, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania 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 76007290
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Inventory of American Sculpture
76007290
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