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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Paramino, John Francis,     Gorham Manufacturing Company,     History -- United States     History -- United States     Portrait male -- Blackstone, William     Portrait male -- Winthrop, John     Portrait female -- Pollard, Ann     Figure group     Ethnic -- Indian     Waterscape -- Harbor     Relief     Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston     Sculpture

The Founders Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Paramino, John Francis, 1888/89-1956, sculptor. Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder. Title:  The Founders Memorial, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Founding of Boston, (sculpture). Dates:  1930. Dedicated Sept. 17, 1930. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Relief: bronze set in granite; Base: slate and cast iron. Dimensions:  Relief: approx. H. 5 1/2 ft. x W. 11 ft.; Base: approx. 15 x 45 x 20 ft. Inscription:  Gorham Co. Founders (Proper left corner:) JOHN FRANCIS PARAMINO SCULPTOR/COPYRIGHT 1930 (On granite below relief:) BOSTON FOUNDED A.D. 1630 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Bas-relief depicting the greeting of John Winthrop and his company by William Blackstone (Blaxton). Among the group is John Wilson, clergyman; Ann Pollard, first white woman to step upon Boston's soil; and an allegorical female figure representing Boston. At left are two Indians; in the background is a waterscape with men pulling boats onto the shore. Inscription on rear of monument is a quote from Winthrop before the group debarked from the ship Arabella in 1630. Subject:  History -- United States -- Colonization History -- United States -- Massachusetts Portrait male -- Blackstone, William -- Full length Portrait male -- Winthrop, John -- Full length Portrait female -- Pollard, Ann -- Full length Figure group Ethnic -- Indian Waterscape -- Harbor -- Boston Harbor Object Type:  Relief Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Boston, Boston Art Commission, Office of Cultural Affairs, Boston City Hall, Room 716, Boston, Massachusetts 02201 Located Boston Common, Beacon & Spruce Streets, Boston, Massachusetts Remarks:  Commissioned by the City of Boston to mark its 300th anniversary. IAS files contain transcription of text on back of base and conservation information. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1993. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988. Zoukee, Sophye M., "Adopt-A-Statue Casebook," Boston: City of Boston, 1990. Boston Art Commission, 1991. Illustration:  Image on file. Zoukee, Sophye M., "Adopt-A-Statue Casebook," Boston: City of Boston, 1990, pg. 32. 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 76007374   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76007374 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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