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Ward, John Quincy Adams,
Robert Wood & Company,
Portrait male -- Putnam, Israel
Dress -- Uniform
Object -- Weapon
Occupation -- Military
Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Hartford
Sculpture
Israel Putnam, (sculpture).
Artist:
Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910, sculptor.
Robert Wood & Company, founder.
Title:
Israel Putnam, (sculpture).
Dates:
1872 or 1873. Dedicated June 17, 1874.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 7 x 2.5 x 1.5 ft.; Base: approx. 10 x 5 x 4 ft.
Inscription:
J.Q.A. WARD/1873/R. WOOD & CO/BRONZE FOUNDERS./PHILA. (On base front:) ISRAEL PUTNAM (On base back:) PRESENTED/BY THE HONOURABLE/JOSEPH PRATT ALLYN/MDCCCLXXIII signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Full-length portrait of Israel Putnam, dressed in 18th century military uniform, including a frock coat with epaulets and frilly cravat, and riding boots with spurs. He stands in mid-stride, his proper right arms grasps a tricorn hat with eagle rosettes. His proper left hand grasps the handle of a sword at his side.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Putnam, Israel -- Full length
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object -- Weapon -- Sword
Occupation -- Military
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Hartford
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Hartford, Parks and Recreation Department, 25 Stonington Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06106
Located Bushnell Park, West of Trinity Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06103
Remarks:
The sculpture was commissioned in 1872 or 1873 by the Honorable Joseph Pratt Allyn (Hartford native and Associate Justice for the U.S. Court for the Territory of Arizona) and presented to the city on June 17, 1874. The sculpture cost $14,000. The city paid $2,150 for the pedestal. According to an article in The Aldine (Aug. 1874): pg. 168, the artist modeled the face from a John Trumbull portrait of Putnam and from a pen and ink profile portrait in the possession of the family.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, CT0041, 1989.
Sharp, Lewis I., "John Quincy Adams Ward Dean of American Sculpture," Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1985, no. 55.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Monumental News, June 1894, pg. 281.
Grant, Marion Hepburn, "In and About Hartford-Tours and Tales," (Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, 1978), pg. 187.
Moore, Merl M., Jr., 1994.
The Aldine (Aug. 1874): pg. 168.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Related Works:
For model see: 88180072.
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 75001661
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