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Brown, Henry Kirke,
Robert Wood & Company,
Portrait male -- Kearny, Philip
Occupation -- Military
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Kearny
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Sculpture
Philip Kearny, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Brown, Henry Kirke, 1814-1886, sculptor. (copy after)
Robert Wood & Company, founder.
Title:
Philip Kearny, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated Sept. 10, 1994.
Medium:
Figure: bronze; Base: stone.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 75 x 26 x 20 in.; Base: approx. 45 x 52 x 48 in.
Inscription:
H.K.Brown Sculp+ 1875 Robert Wood Co. Bronze Founders (Front of sculpture:) Gen Philip Kearny USVA/NJ (Front of base, incised:) MAJOR GENERAL/PHILIP KEARNY/1815-1862 signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
General Philip Kearny, with a pointed moustache and a goatee, stands in uniform. An overcoat is draped over his proper left shoulder. His proper right hand holds a sword, its point resting on the ground. He stands atop a two-tiered base with an inscription.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Kearny, Philip -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- General
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Kearny
Copy
Sculpture
Owner:
Kearny Post Office, Midland Avenue, Kearny, New Jersey
Remarks:
Financed with $25,000 donated by the community, including $1,000 raised by the children of the Garfield School through a readathon. Major General Philip Kearny, 1814-1862, was a local resident who led the First New Jersey Brigade in the Civil War until he was killed in battle. The Town of Kearny is named for him and the foundation includes bricks from his mansion. Figure is a duplicate of the life-size monument that has stood in Newark's Military Park since 1881. IAS files contain related articles from The Observer (Kearny, NJ), Sept. 14, 1994, pg. 1, 3; The Star Ledger (Newark, NJ), Sept., 1994, pg. 3.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1995.
Illustration:
Image on file.
The Observer (Kearny, NJ), Sept. 14, 1994, pg. P. 1.
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 NJ000157
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
NJ000157
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