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    		• Huntington, Anna Vaughn Hyatt,
     
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    		• Hall, Frederick G.,
     
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    		• Gorham Manufacturing Company,
     
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    		• Religion -- Saint
     
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    		• Equestrian
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Historic
     
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    		• Ethnic -- French
     
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    		• Object -- Weapon
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Gloucester
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Joan of Arc, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Huntington, Anna Vaughn Hyatt, 1876-1973, sculptor.
    Hall, Frederick G., 1879-1946, sculptor.
    Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
    Title: 
    Joan of Arc, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Modeled 1910. Dedicated July 4, 1921. Rededicated Sept. 2, 2001.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: Cape Ann granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 11 x 10 x 5 ft.; Base: approx. 8 x 5 x 15 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Base, on front plaque, in raised letters:) For Their Country 1917-1918 (Base, rear plaque includes the Gloucester city seal) (Base, on each side plaque:) The Sons of Gloucester Who Gave Their Lives in the World War (lists of names) (Base, small plaque on the upper rear:) Original Statue of Joan of Arc on Riverside Drive New York City. Joan of Arc Statue Committee 1915
    Description: 
    An equestrian sculpture of Joan of Arc dressed in armor astride a huge horse. Her feet are in the stirrups and she stands up in the saddle holding a sword in her raised proper right hand. She holds the horse's reins in her proper left hand. The sculpture rests atop a rectangular granite base that is adorned with bronze inscription plaques on each side. A granite bench is attached around the lower portion of the base. The foot of the base is surrounded with stones.
    Subject: 
    Religion -- Saint -- St. Joan of Arc
    Equestrian
    Occupation -- Military
    Dress -- Historic -- Armor
    Ethnic -- French
    Object -- Weapon -- Sword
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Gloucester
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Gloucester, Community Development, 22 Poplar Street, Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930
    Located Main & Washington Streets, Gloucester, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    In 1910, the model for this sculpture won an honorable mention at the Paris Salon; later a heroic-sized version was commissioned for New York City's Riverside Park; and in 1915, the sculpture won the Purple Rosette from the French government. In 1921, A. Pyatt Andrew asked to buy a copy of the sculpture for the city of Gloucester as a memorial for the fifty-seven Gloucester men who died in World War I. At the time the sculpture was commissioned, the sculptor was a resident of Gloucester. Frederick G. Hall, a Boston painter and etcher with a summer home at Gloucester, created the base. Because the cast that she used for the Riverside Park sculpture was broken, she had to create a new one for the Gloucester sculpture. She modeled the horse after a huge Percheron named Frank who pulled the Gloucester fire truck until the early 1920s. IAS files contain excerpts from the dedication program.
    Incorporated into the base are eight stones that come from various buildings associated with Joan of Arc's life. These include: two from Chateau of Chinon where Joan of Arc was recognized heir to the throne in March 1429; four from Rheims Cathedral where three months later she led the heir to be crowned; and two from Rouen --one from the castle dungeon of Philip Augustus, built in 1207, where Joan of Arc's witchcraft and heresy trial took place, and one from the wall of the Rouen Cathedral where she was judged on the eve of her execution on May 29, 1431.
    The sword she carries in her proper right hand is a replacement made of a synthetic material. For additional information see scrapbooks located at the Cape Ann Historical Society Museum, Gloucester, Massachusetts.
    References: 
    Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988, pg. 139.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1994.
    SOS Assessment Award, 1997.
    SOS Conservation Treatment Award, 1997.
    SOS Achievement Award, 2001.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988, pg. 139.
    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 87740199
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