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Judson, Sylvia Shaw,
Portrait female -- Dyer, Mary
Religion -- Quaker
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Sculpture
Mary Dyer, (sculpture).
Artist:
Judson, Sylvia Shaw, 1897-1978, sculptor.
Title:
Mary Dyer, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated July 9, 1959.
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. 2 in. x 4 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 5 in.; Base: approx. 6 ft. x 5 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 8 in.
Inscription:
(Artist's monogram lower left side:) SSJ (On front of base:) MARY DYER/QUAKER/WITNESS FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM/HANGED ON BOSTON COMMON 1660/"MY LIFE NOT AVAILETH ME/IN COMPARISON TO THE/LIBERTY OF THE TRUTH"(On right side of base:) SYLVIA SHAW JUDSON - SCULPTOR (On left side of base:) ERECTED BY THE ART COMMISSION OF/THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS/FROM THE LEGACY OF ZENAS ELLIS/OF FAIR HAVEN, VERMONT/DEDICATED 9 JULY, 1959 signed
Description:
A portrait of Mary Dyer seated on simple bench. She is dressed in Quaker attire and her hands are loosely clasped in her lap. The sculpture rests on a square base
Subject:
Portrait female -- Dyer, Mary -- Full length
Religion -- Quaker
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Art Commission, Beacon Street, Massachusetts State House, Room 10, Boston, Massachusetts 02133 Accession Number: 1959.1
Located Massachusetts State House, Beacon Hill, South lawn, Boston, Massachusetts 02133
Remarks:
Mary Dyer was hanged as a heretic in 1660. The sculpture was commissioned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and was given through the legacy of Zenas Ellis, a descendant of Mary Dyer.
References:
Massachusetts Art Commission, "Art in the Massachusetts State House," 1986.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Massachusetts Art Commission, "Art in the Massachusetts State House," 1986, pg. 36.
The Boston Globe, July 23, 1994, pg. 25.
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 20550008
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