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Soldiers and Sailors Memorial, (sculpture)

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery
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sculptor
French, Daniel Chester 1850-1931
architect
Bacon, Henry 1866-1924
founder
Roman Bronze Works
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1993.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Exeter News-Leader, July 7, 1922.
Image on file.
D. C. French, Sc. Cast.By.Roman Bronze Works N.Y. (On front of base:) WITH/VENERATION FOR THOSE WHO DIED/GRATITUDE TO THOSE WHO LIVE/TRUST IN THE PATRIOTISM OF THOSE WHO COME AFTER/THE TOWN OF EXETER DEDICATES THIS MEMORIAL/TO HER SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE WORLD WAR (On back of base:) ERECTED MCMXXII signed Founder's mark appears.
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 war memorial comprised of a grouping of figures. A uniformed World War I soldier stands at attention, his proper left hand on his hip, cap in proper right hand. Behind his proper right shoulder stands a classical female figure in flowing robes, arms extended outward and upward in protective gesture. Her proper left hand supports a large American flag on an eagle-topped staff behind the soldier's proper left shoulder. Her sandaled proper left foot rests on a closed book (a symbol of Exeter, known as an education center). At her feet is a garland of poppies, laurel and oak. A fasces stands behind and between the figures.
Commissioned 1920. 1921. Dedicated July 4, 1922
Control number
IAS 76006064
Type
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Medium
Sculpture: bronze; Base: pink marble or red granite
Owner/Location
Administered by Town of Exeter Recreation Department 10 Front Street Exeter New Hampshire 03833
Located Gale Park Front & Linden Streets Exeter New Hampshire
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
Topic
History--United States--World War I
Figure female--Full length
Figure male--Full length
Object--Written Matter--Book
Occupation--Military--Soldier
Object--Other--Flag
Record ID
siris_ari_16915
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