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Sturgis, R. Clipston,
History -- United States
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Sculpture
Boston Common Tablet, (sculpture).
Artist:
Sturgis, R. Clipston, 1860-1951, sculptor.
Title:
Boston Common Tablet, (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed 1913.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Slate and granite.
Dimensions:
Approx. 15 x 5 x 20 ft.
Inscription:
(On upper front:) Boston Common (On front of tablet:) In or about/the year of our Lord/One thousand six hundred/thirty and four/the then present inhabitants/of Town of Boston of whom/the Honble(sic) John Winthrop Esqr./Govnr. of the Colony was chiefe(sic)/did treate(sic) and agree with/Mr. William Blackstone/for the purchase of his/Estate and rights in any/Lands lying within said/neck of Land called/Boston/after which purchase the/Town laid out a plan for/a trayning(sic) field which ever/since and now is used for/that purpose and for/feeding of cattell(sic)/The deposition of John Odlin and others Concerning/the sale of Blackstone's land known as Boston Common unsigned
Description:
A slate tablet inscribed with the testimony of early settlers of Boston is set in a granite entablature adorned with a pediment and flanked by two columns. The entablature rests on a low wall flanked by two short square posts and surrounded by a casts iron fence.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Massachusetts
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Boston, Department of Parks & Recreation, Boston City Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
Located Boston Common, Park & Tremont Streets, Boston, Massachusetts 02133
Remarks:
The inscription of the tablet commemorates the purchase of land that eventually became the Boston Common.
References:
Public Monument Conservation Project, 1986.
Zoukee, Sophye M., "Adopt-A-Statue Casebook," Boston: City of Boston, 1990, pg. 8.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Zoukee, Sophye M., "Adopt-A-Statue Casebook," Boston: City of Boston, 1990, pg. 8.
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 MA000001
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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