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  • Viquesney, E. M.,
     
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  • History -- United States
     
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  • Figure male -- Full length
     
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  • Occupation -- Military
     
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  • Outdoor Sculpture -- Maine -- Lincoln
     
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  • Sculpture
     
     
    The Spirit of the American Doughboy, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Viquesney, E. M., 1876-1946, sculptor.
    Title: 
    The Spirit of the American Doughboy, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Copyrighted 1920, 1934. Dedicated May 29, 1927.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Bronze.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: H. 7 ft x 26 in. x 26 in.; Base: 5 ft. x 70 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Base plaque incribed with names of those from Lincoln who died during World War I)
    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 -- Maine -- Lincoln
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Located Main, High, & West Broadway, Lincoln, Maine
    Remarks: 
    IAS files contain correspondence with the artist, a flyer advertising the doughboy sculpture, correspondence from the monument committee concerning the base inscription plaques, and a copy of the dedication program.
    References: 
    Wesley, T. Perry, 1991.
    Niznik, Sylvia, 2007.
    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 47260051
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