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Mead, Larkin Goldsmith,
Vermont Marble Company,
History -- United States
Portrait male -- Allen, Ethan
Occupation -- Military
Sculpture
Ethan Allen, (sculpture).
Artist:
Mead, Larkin Goldsmith, 1835-1910, sculptor.
Vermont Marble Company, fabricator.
Title:
Ethan Allen, (sculpture).
Dates:
Designed March 1858. Executed 1861. Dedicated Oct. 10, 1861.
Medium:
White Vermont marble.
Description:
Full-length standing figure of Ethan Allen, with proper right arm upraised.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Revolution
Portrait male -- Allen, Ethan -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Object Type:
Sculpture
Owner:
Destroyed.
Provenance:
Formerly located Vermont State House, Portico, Montpelier, Vermont 1861-ca. 1941.
Remarks:
In 1855, the state legislature appropriated $2,000 to erect a monument atop a 42 foot granite column over the grave of Ethan Allen in Burlington's Green Mountain Cemetery. Mead submitted a design and plaster model for the Burlington site in early 1858. A lack of funds caused the collapse of the project, but the General Assembly chose the design in 1859 for the newly designed portico of the State House in Monteplier. It was unveiled there at a gala ceremony on Oct. 10, 1861. The statue survived the State House fire in the early 1900s, but by the late 1930s had begun to crumble. The sculpture was used in an advertisement for the Vermont Marble Company in Monumental News, Oct. 1921 issue.
References:
Rutland Historical Society Quarterly, vol. XVII, no. 1, 1987.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, VT5002, 1989.
Monumental News, Oct. 1921, pg. 709.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, WA2015, 1989.
Illustration:
Monumental News, Oct. 1921, pg. 709.
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 VT000255
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