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|  Alexander Hamilton - Boston, MA
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures This statue is a nine-foot carving by William Rimmer, using impressionistic techniques that were criticized at the time, but its qualities receive present-day recognition. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 7/6/2011 last visited: 10/3/2011 |
view gallery SE0.2 km
|  William Ellery Channing - Boston, MA
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures Sometimes regarded as the "Father of American Unitarianism," William Ellery Channing served as Senior Minister at the Federal Street Church from 1803 to 1842. This statue is in an alcove on the outer wall of the Boston Public Garden. posted by: silverquill location: Massachusetts date approved: 3/25/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery NE0.2 km
|  The Ether Monument: The Good Samaritan - Boston, MA
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures The Ether Monument is the oldest monument in the Boston Public Garden, Boston, MA. posted by: neoc1 location: Massachusetts date approved: 1/18/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery W0.2 km
|  General John Glover - Boston, MA
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures A monument dedicated to General John Glover is located on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall between Berkeley Street and Clarendon Street in Boston's Back Bay. posted by: neoc1 location: Massachusetts date approved: 1/28/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery E0.3 km
|  Wendell Phillips - Boston, MA
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures This 8-foot bronze statue by noted American sculptor, Daniel Chester French, in Boston Public Garden, depicts abolitionist Wendell Phillps standing at a podium. His eloquence and passion earned him the title of "The Abolitionist's Golden Trumpet. posted by: silverquill location: Massachusetts date approved: 3/26/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery SE0.5 km
|  Statler Fountain - Boston, MA
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures This .25 acre park is a triangle of landscaped land bounded by Columbus Ave., Stuart St. and Church St. in downtown Boston, MA. It's central feature is an art deco fountain-sculpture by Ulysses Anthony Ricci, dating to 1930. posted by: silverquill location: Massachusetts date approved: 3/10/2012 last visited: 8/22/2012 |
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|  Art and Science - Boston, MA
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures At the Copley Square entrance of the Boston Public Library are sculptures of two women who represent Art, and Science. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 5/25/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery E0.8 km
|  John Barry Tablet - Boston, MA
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures This simple memorial to John Barry, "Father of the American Navy," is located in Parkman Plaza, part of the Boston Common. It bears a very nice relief portrait. Barry was a naval officer of distinction, noted for bravery, tenacity, loyalty, and skill posted by: silverquill location: Massachusetts date approved: 10/28/2009 last visited: 10/3/2011 |
view gallery E0.8 km
|  Marie Joseph de Lafayette - Boston, MA
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures This simple memorial to Marquis de Lafayette, is located in Parkman Plaza, part of the Boston Common. It honors the French general best know as just Lafayette, who joined Washington at Valley Forge and commanded American troops. posted by: silverquill location: Massachusetts date approved: 10/28/2009 last visited: 11/23/2011 |
view gallery NE0.8 km
|  Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw - Boston, MA
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures This high relief sculpture by renowned sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, memorializes Col. Robert Shaw and the all-black 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Shaw and many of his men fell at the Battle of Ft. Wagner. It was dedicated May, 30, 1897. posted by: silverquill location: Massachusetts date approved: 10/27/2009 last visited: 10/31/2012 |
view gallery NE0.8 km
|  Daniel Webster - Boston, MA
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures This bronze statue of famed orator Daniel Webster, by Hiram Powers, stands on the front grounds of the Massachusetts State House in Boston. posted by: silverquill location: Massachusetts date approved: 10/29/2009 last visited: 11/25/2011 |
view gallery NE1 km
|  Mary Dyer - Boston, MA
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures This statue of Mary Dyer, executed for the sole crime of being a Quaker, is located in front of the Massachusetts State House in Boston, not far from where she was hanged in 1660. The sculpture is by Sylvia Shaw Judson, placed in 1959. posted by: silverquill location: Massachusetts date approved: 10/27/2009 last visited: 10/31/2012 |
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|  Boston Women's Memorial - Boston, MA
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures This composition has three statues of well known women with Boston ties: Abigail Adams, Phillis Wheatley, and Lucy Stone, each with a statue and some inscriptions on a granite block by them, tied together with a circular base. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 12/14/2011 last visited: 4/18/2010 |
view gallery NE1 km
|  General Joseph Hooker - Boston, MA
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures A bronze statue of Maj. Gen. Joesph Hooker on a horse, in front of the Massachusetts State House in Boston, placed in 1903. posted by: silverquill location: Massachusetts date approved: 10/28/2009 last visited: 11/25/2011 |
view gallery NE1.1 km
|  Josiah Quincy - Boston, MA
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures This 9-ft. bronze statue of Josiah Quincy stands in the courtyard of Boston's Old City Hall. It was designed by noted American sculptor, Thomas Ball and erected in 1879. Josiah Quincy was noted as an early mayor of Boston and president of Harvard. posted by: silverquill location: Massachusetts date approved: 3/24/2012 last visited: 6/24/2009 |
view gallery NE1.1 km
|  Benjamin Franklin - Boston, MA
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures This statue of Boston-born Benjamin Franklin is reported to be the first portrait statue raised in the city. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 8/17/2011 last visited: 6/24/2009 |
view gallery NE1.3 km
|  Boston Irish Famine Memorial - Boston, MA
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures The Boston Irish Famine Memorial is an assembly of sculptures, embedded round medallion, and a series of bronze historical plaques on granite podiums that convey both Irish families who perished and who who escaped the collapse of crops in Ireland. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 4/2/2012 last visited: 10/29/2012 |
view gallery NE1.3 km
|  Nancy, A Passage of Time - Scolley Square, Boston, MA
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures This sculpture is in a traffic island off City Plaza, which makes it somewhat of a challenge to visit. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 10/20/2011 last visited: never |
view gallery E1.4 km
|  Creature Pond - Boston, MA
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures This composition in the Angell Memorial Park at the center of the financial district features a bronze representation of a pond, complete with lilies, frog, ducks, and a heron. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 1/5/2012 last visited: 2/1/2012 |
view gallery W1.4 km
|  Leif Eriksson - Boston, MA
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures This sculpture, located in the Back Bay section of Boston at one end of a long treed walkway between the lanes of Commonwealth Avenue was commissioned to commemorate the supposed landing of Leif Erikson on the riverbank of the Charles River. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 12/14/2011 last visited: never |
view gallery NE1.4 km
|  Samuel Adams - Faneuil Hall - Boston, MA
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures This statue of rabble-rouser, Samuel Adams shows him with his arms crossed in a defiant or impatient pose. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 12/18/2009 last visited: 7/18/2012 |
view gallery E1.4 km
|  The Hungarian Revolution Memorial - Boston, MA
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures This monumnent at Liberty Square in the heart of Boston's Financial District marks the Hungarian uprising in 1956. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 9/22/2011 last visited: 11/22/2011 |
view gallery NE1.6 km
|  Red Auerbach, (sculpture) - Boston, Massachusetts
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures This sit-by-me statue of Red Auerbach is found on the south side of Quincy Market at Fenueil Hall in downtown Boston, MA. posted by: WayBetterFinder location: Massachusetts date approved: 12/8/2011 last visited: 12/8/2011 |
view gallery E1.9 km
|  Untitled Landscape, Sculpture, Harbor Towers Plaza - Boston, MA
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures These stainless steel sculptures alonmg Boston's Waterfront were created by David von Schlegell, and have been mistaken for solar collectors. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 7/6/2011 last visited: never |
view gallery NE2.1 km
|  Paul Revere - Boston, MA
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures The iconic statue in Boston's North End is of Paul Revere on his horse, in a pose where he is leaning as he has his arm outstretched as he tells the countryside of the coming of the British Army on their way to Concord. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 8/23/2012 last visited: 12/2/2012 |
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