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Sculptor:
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus 1848-1907  Search this
Architect:
White, Stanford 1853-1906  Search this
Founder:
Bureau Brothers  Search this
Subject:
Chapin, Samuel  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: New Brunswick granite
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of Springfield Springfield Massachusetts
Located Merrick Park State & Chestnut Streets Springfield Massachusetts
Date:
1882. Dedicated Nov. 27, l887
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Springfield City Library, 1978.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MA5013, 1989.
Monumental News, March 1922, pg. 182.
Tolles, Thayer, "Augustus Saint-Gaudens in the Metropolitan Museum of Art," New York: NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009, pg. 25.
Image on file.
Monumental News, March 1922, pg. 182.
Tolles, Thayer, "Augustus Saint-Gaudens in the Metropolitan Museum of Art," New York: NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009, pg. 25.
(On back of bronze base of sculpture:) AVGVSTVS.ST. GAVDENS.SCVLPTOR/NEW YORK - M.D.CCCLXXXVI / BUREAU BROS./FOUNDERS PHIL (foundry mark) (On front of granite base:) 1595 ANNO DOMINI 1675/DEACON SAMVEL CHAPIN/ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF SPRINGFIELD (On back of granite base:) GIVEN TO THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD BY/CHESTER W. CHAPIN/1882 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 portrait of Samuel Chapin standing with a cane held out in his proper right hand and a large book under his proper left arm. He is dressed in pilgrim attire with a large cape draped over his arms. The sculpture rests on a circular stone base that rests on three circular steps.
Topic:
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Religion--Puritan  Search this
History--United States--Colonization  Search this
Dress--Historic--Pilgrim Dress  Search this
Object--Written Matter--Book  Search this
Occupation--Religion--Clergy  Search this
Control number:
IAS 77000790
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_11120