First Landing Party of the Founders of Newark, (sculpture)
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Object Details
- sculptor
- Borglum, Gutzon 1867-1941
- Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
- "Newark Museum Quarterly," Newark, N.J.: Newark Museum Association, Winter 1975.
- National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, NJ5001, 1989.
- Monumental News, Nov. 1919, pg. 792.
- Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1995.
- Image on file.
- Monumental News, Nov. 1919, pg. 792.
- 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
- A tall marble stele carved on the front with a relief of two male Pilgrims conversing, above which is a narrow frieze depicting Pilgrims in daily activities. At the foot of the stele is a rectangular fountain basin. The back of the stele is engraved with the names of Newark's founders. The stele rests in the center of a flat rectangular stone base.
- Dedicated 1916
- Control number
- IAS 76001615
- Type
- Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
- Sculptures-Relief
- Sculptures-Stele
- Sculptures-Fountain
- Sculptures
- Medium
- Marble
- Owner/Location
- Located Saybrook Place Newark New Jersey
- Title
- Pilgrim Drinking Fountain, (sculpture)
- Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
- Topic
- Figure group--Male
- Religion--Puritan
- Occupation--Other--Colonist
- History--United States--New Jersey
- Record ID
- siris_ari_2964
- Metadata Usage (text)
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