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Atkins, Albert Henry,
History -- United States
History -- United States
History -- United States
Figure female -- Full length
Allegory -- Civic
Object -- Foliage
Object -- Weapon
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Sculpture
World War I Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Atkins, Albert Henry, 1880-1951, sculptor.
Title:
World War I Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
1922.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Stone.
Dimensions:
Approx. 8 x 12 x 1 ft.
Inscription:
(On front, below figure:) 1917-1918/ROSLINDALE HONORS ITS VICTORIOUS SONS AND DAUGHTERS IN WORLD WAR I IN THE GLORY OF THEIR YOUTH WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM/ROSLINDALE HONORS THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED IN KOREA AND VIETNAM unsigned
Description:
The memorial consists of a center vertical slab adorned with a relief of a standing female in classical dress clutching a sword to her chest with her proper left hand and holding a palm leaf in her lowered proper right hand. Three stars in relief appear in a row above her head. At her feet are insignia for the army and the navy. Two low rectangular inscription slabs flank the relief.
Subject:
History -- United States -- World War I
History -- United States -- Korean War
History -- United States -- Vietnam War
Figure female -- Full length
Allegory -- Civic -- War
Object -- Foliage
Object -- Weapon -- Sword
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 Adams Square, Washington Street, Center & Cummings Parkway, Boston, Massachusetts
References:
Zoukee, Sophye M., "Adopt-A-Statue Casebook," Boston: City of Boston, 1990, pg. 69.
Boston Art Commission, 1991.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Zoukee, Sophye M., "Adopt-A-Statue Casebook," Boston: City of Boston, 1990, pg. 69.
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 87710015
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Inventory of American Sculpture
87710015
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