Memorial to the Boys of the Immaculate Conception Who Served Their Country in the World War, (sculpture)
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Object Details
- sculptor
- Porter, Raymond Averill 1883-1949
- fabricator
- Meacher & Company
- Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
- Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1993.
- Image on file.
- RAYMOND AVERILL PORTER 1920 SC (On relief, shield:) FOR GOD COUNTRY AND HUMANITY (On front of base:) A MEMORIAL TO THE BOYS OF THE/IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PARISH/WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN/THE WORLD WAR (On front lower left of base:) MEACHER & CO./PEABODY signed
- 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.
- Summary
- The memorial is a tall rectangular granite monument with a rectangular bronze relief plaque depicting an allegorical female figure in classical dress. She stands holding a shield in her proper right hand and a wreath and palm fronds in her raised proper left hand. Laurel leaves frame the sides of the figure. At the base of the memorial there are three steps.
- 1920
- Control number
- IAS 76007480
- Type
- Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
- Sculptures
- Medium
- Relief: bronze; Base: pink granite
- Owner/Location
- Administered by City of Salem Public Works Department One Salem Green Salem Massachusetts 01970
- Located Hawthorne Boulevard Salem Massachusetts
- Title
- Immaculate Conception Church Parish World War I Memorial, (sculpture)
- Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
- Topic
- History--United States--World War I
- Figure female--Full length
- Allegory
- Dress--Accessory--Shield
- Object--Other--Wreath
- Record ID
- siris_ari_18273
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply