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Pratt, Bela Lyon,
Roman Bronze Works,
Figure group
Occupation -- Medicine
Occupation -- Military
State of Being -- Illness
Object -- Weapon
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Sculpture
Army Nurses Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Pratt, Bela Lyon, 1867-1917, sculptor.
Roman Bronze Works, founder.
Title:
Army Nurses Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
1911.; Installed 1914.
Medium:
Bronze on marble base.
Dimensions:
H. 8 ft.
Inscription:
(Front of base:) TO THE ARMY NURSES/FROM 1861 TO 1865/ANGELS OF MERCY AND LIFE/AMID SCENES OF CONFLICT AND DEATH/A TRIBUTE OF HONOR AND GRATITUDE/FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT/DAUGHTERS OF VETERANS/1914 (Base, right side:) B. L. Pratt/1911 (Base, left side:) Roman Bronze Works N-Y- signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Figure of a nurse offering a cup of water to a soldier who is lying on the ground with his head in the nurse's lap. The pedestal is bound on three sides by a wall surmounted by a balustrade, and each end of the enclosure has a wide seat.
Subject:
Figure group
Occupation -- Medicine -- Nurse
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
State of Being -- Illness -- Wound
Object -- Weapon -- Gun
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Sculpture
Owner:
Massachusetts State House, Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts 02133 Accession Number: 1914.1
Remarks:
Gift of the Army Nurses Memorial Association of the Massachusetts Department, Daughters of Veterans.
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Massachusetts Art Commission, "Art in the Massachusetts State House," 1986.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MA5073, 1989.
Monumental News, Jan., March, 1910.
Illustration:
Massachusetts Art Commission, "Art in the Massachusetts State House," 1986, pg. 27.
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 76007534
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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