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Viquesney, E. M.,
History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Object -- Weapon
Object -- Weapon
Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Bethel
Sculpture
The Spirit of the American Doughboy, (sculpture).
Artist:
Viquesney, E. M., 1876-1946, sculptor.
Title:
The Spirit of the American Doughboy, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Bethel War Memorial, (sculpture).
Doughboy Statue, (sculpture).
Dates:
1928. Copyrighted 1920, 1934.
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 7 x 3 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 6 ft. x 30 in. x 30 in.
Inscription:
(Front of base:) ERECTED BY/THE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION/OF BETHEL/IN HONOR OF HER/WAR VETERANS/1928 (Plaque on bronze self base:) SPIRIT OF THE/AMERICAN DOUGHBOY/COPYRIGHTED BY/E.M.VIQUESNEY SCULPTOR/SPENCER INDIANA unsigned
Description:
Figure of a World War I infantryman advancing through the stumps and barbed wire of No Man's Land. He holds a rifle in his proper left hand and a grenade in his upraised proper right hand.
Subject:
History -- United States -- World War I
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object -- Weapon -- Gun
Object -- Weapon -- Grenade
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Bethel
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Town of Bethal, Department of Public Works, 5 Library Lane, Bethel, Connecticut 06801
Located P. T. Barnum Square, Opposite 6 Barnum Square, Bethel, Connecticut
Remarks:
The sculpture was installed in 1928 and the square renamed P. T. Barnum Square at that time. For further information see W. Phillips Barlow's Town Green Survey for P. T. Barnum Square, Bethel, Ct. Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, Connecticut, 1993. The arm of the Doughboy, which had been vandalized, was repaired in 1991.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1994.
Wesley, T. Perry, 1991.
Illustration:
Image on file.
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 47260008
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Inventory of American Sculpture
47260008
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