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Senator David I. Walsh, (sculpture). Artist:  Coletti, Joseph Arthur, 1898-1973, sculptor. Title:  Senator David I. Walsh, (sculpture). Other Titles:  David Ignatius Walsh Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  Copyrighted 1954. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 8 x 3 x 3 ft. Inscription:  (On sculpture, proper right side of bronze base:) JOSEPH A COLETTI, SC. '54 (copyright symbol) (On front of base:) DAVID/IGNATIUS/WALSH (On front of granite wall:) NON SIBI SED PATRIAE (On rear of granite wall:) DAVID/IGNATIUS/WALSH/1872-1947/GOVERNOR OF/MASSACHUSETTS/1914-1916/U.S. SENATOR/1919-1925//AND FOR UNEXPIRED/TERM OF 1926-1929/RE-ELECTED FOR TERMS/1929-1947/CHAIRMAN OF U.S. NAVAL AFFAIRS/COMMITTEE/1936-1946 signed Description:  A standing portrait of David Ignatius Walsh holding a sheaf of documents in his proper left hand is mounted on square base attached to a curved granite wall. A bronze relief plaque of an eagle was once located on the front of the square base. The eagle plaque is now missing as are two of the three bronze plaques on the rear of the curved granite wall behind the sculpture. The two missing rear plaques depicted the seal of Massachusetts and the insignia of the U.S. Naval Affairs Committee. The remaining bronze relief plaque on the rear of the wall depicts a kneeling elderly man holding a tablet in his hands. Subject:  Portrait male -- Walsh, David Ignatius -- Full length Occupation -- Political -- Governor Occupation -- Political -- Senator Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer Object -- Written Matter Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Boston, Metropolitan District Commission, Boston, Massachusetts Administered by Trustees of the Esplanade, P. O. Box 1976, Boston, Massachusetts 02114 Located Charles River Esplanade, Hatch Shell Circle, Boston, Massachusetts Remarks:  The sculpture was commissioned by the Metropolitan District Commission. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997. Illustration:  Image on file. Whitehill, Walter Muir, "Boston Statues," Barre, Massachusetts: Barre Publishers, 1970, pg. 106. 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 76009225   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76009225 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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