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    		• Dallin, Cyrus Edwin,
     
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    		• Little, Y. Lovell,
     
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    		• Porter, Raymond Averill,
     
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    		• McLaughlin, Dennis F.,
     
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    		• T. F. McGann & Sons Company,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Revere, Paul
     
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    		• Equestrian
     
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    		• Occupation -- Craft
     
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    		• Occupation -- Art
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Paul Revere, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Dallin, Cyrus Edwin, 1861-1944, sculptor.
    Little, Y. Lovell, designer.
    Porter, Raymond Averill, 1883-1949, designer.
    McLaughlin, Dennis F., contractor.
    T. F. McGann & Sons Company, founder.
    Title: 
    Paul Revere, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Modeled 1885. Cast 1940. Dedicated Sept. 22, 1940.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; base: Milford granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 10 ft. 6 in. x W. 4 ft.; Base: approx. 10 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. x 13 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On sculpture, proper right rear corner of bronze base:) CYRUS E. DALLIN SC/-1935 (On sculpture, proper left rear corner of bronze base:) T.F.McGann & Sons, Co. Founders / Boston, Mass. -1940 (On front of base, incised letters:) PAUL REVERE (On bronze plaque on rear of base:) THE GIFT OF/GEORGE ROBERT WHITE/A CITIZEN OF BOSTON/1847-1922/ERECTED BY THE TRUSTEES/FROM THE INCOME OF A GENEROUS/FUND PROVIDED IN HIS WILL/"FOR CREATING WORKS OF PUBLIC/UTILITY AND BEAUTY."/TRUSTEES/MAURICE J. TOBIN - MAYOR/CHARLES J. FOX WILLIAM J. GALVIN/FREDERICK H. CHASE/OSCAR W. HAUSSERMAN/A.D. 1940 signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    An equestrian portrait of Paul Revere portrayed on his midnight ride of April 18, 1775. His horse is rearing back slightly and with his proper left hand, he pulls back on the horse's reins. His proper right hand is extended. The sculpture rests on an oval granite base.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Revolution
    Portrait male -- Revere, Paul -- Full length
    Equestrian
    Occupation -- Craft -- Smithing
    Occupation -- Art -- Printmaker
    Occupation -- Political -- Patriot
    Object Type: 
    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 Paul Revere Mall, North End between Salem & Hanover Streets, Boston, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was modeled in 1885, but it took until 1940 before it was cast in bronze. The base was designed by Y. Lovell Little and Raymond A. Porter, and was constructed by Dennis F. McLaughlin. Funding was provided by the George Robert White Fund. IAS files contain excerpts from Allan Forbes and Ralph M. Eastman's "Some Statues of Boston," Boston, MA: State Street Trust Company, 1946, pg. 59-60; and Walter Muir Whitehill's "Boston Statues," Barre, MA: Barre Publishers, 1970, pg. 100.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    Zoukee, Sophye M., "Adopt-A-Statue Casebook," Boston: City of Boston, 1990.
    "Public Art in Boston," Boston: Institute of Contemporary Art, 1975.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Zoukee, Sophye M., "Adopt-A-Statue Casebook," Boston: City of Boston, 1990, pg. 56.
    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 76009374
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