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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Bissell, George Edwin,     E. F. Carr & Company,     Portrait male -- Watts, John     Dress -- Historic     Occupation -- Law     Occupation -- Political     Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Yonkers     Sculpture

Chancellor John Watts, (sculpture). Artist:  Bissell, George Edwin, 1839-1920, sculptor. E. F. Carr & Company, contractor. Title:  Chancellor John Watts, (sculpture). Other Titles:  John Watts, (sculpture). Dates:  Modeled ca. 1892. Cast 1893. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Plinth: bronze; Base: granite Dimensions:  Sculpture: appprox. 12 ft. x 3 ft. 1 in. x 3 ft. 1 in.; Base: approx. H. 5 ft. 8 in. x 5 ft. 9 in. x 5 ft. 10 in. Inscription:  (On one corner, in script:) Geo. E. Bissell Sculptor (On another corner:) Cast by the Henry Bonnard Brozne Co. N.Y. 1893 (On front of base:) JOHN WATTS (On scroll:) JOHN WATTS/LAST ROYAL RECORDER/OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK/FOUNDER AND ENDOWER/OF THE LEAKE AND WATTS/ORPHAN HOUSE/IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (On back of base:) JOHN WATTS/BORN IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK AUGUST, 1749 (O.S.)/AND DIED THERE SEPTEMBER 3, 1836 (N.S.)/LAST ROYAL RECORDER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK 1774-1777 NO RECORD/DURING THE REVOLUTION; SPEAKER OF ASSEMBLY OF NEW/YORK, JANUARY 5, 1791 TO JANUARY 7, 1794; MEMBER OF CONGRESS/1793-1795/FIRST JUDGE OF WESTCHESTER CO., 1806, FOUNDER/AND ENDOWER OF THE LEAKE & WATTS ORPHAN HOME IN/THE CITY OF NEW YORK;/ONE OF THE FOUNDERS AND/AFTERWARDS PRESIDENT OF THE NEW YORK DIS-/PENSARY 1821-1836 (text continues)/HIS REMAINS LIE IN HIS FAMILY/VAULT IN THE TRINITY COURTYARD,/NEW YORK/ERECTED IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE BY HIS GRANDSON, ONLY CHILD OF HIS/YOUNGEST CHILD AND DAUGHTER/MARY JUSTINA WATTS (DE PEYSTER)/JOHN WATTS DE PEYSTER Description:  Standing portrait of John Watts de Peyster wearing full length judicial robes over a dress coat and ruffled shirt. He is wearing a judicial wig and holds a scroll in his proper right hand. His proper left hand rests on his hip. Subject:  Portrait male -- Watts, John -- Full length Dress -- Historic -- Seventeenth Century Dress Occupation -- Law -- Judge Occupation -- Political -- Congressman Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Yonkers Sculpture Owner:  Leake and Watts Children's Home, 463 Hawthorne Avenue, Yonkers, New York 10705 Remarks:  The Honorable John Watts was the last recorder of the City of New York under the Royal Government from 1774 to 1779. The sculpture is a duplicate of one in Trinity Church, New York City (see IAS record 76008048). References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1993. Gurney, George, 1991. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, NY0148, 1989. Monumental News, Jan. 1895, pg. 64. Illustration:  Image on file. Related Works:  For model see: 08580158. 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 65960001   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 65960001 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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