Colonel Thomas Cass, Boston Public Garden - Boston, MA - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

In Boston's Public Garden is this statue of Colonel Thomas Cass and a memorial to the Massachusetts 9th Infantry during the U.S. Civil War.

The statue is located along the southernmost path within the park, southeast of the pond in the park, and is near Boylston Street.

The statue is a bronze work on a stone pedestal. The figure is standing, in a Civil War uniform, with his arms folded in front of him. The stone pedestal is four-sided, with a broad base.

Text on the front is as follows (from the Smithsonian Art Catalog):

Front - "THOMAS CASS/COL NINTH MASS/INFANTRY USV/FELL AT MALVERN/HILL VIRGINIA/JULY FIRST 1862"

Rear - "ERECTED BY THE CITY OF BOSTON/IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS/AND MEN OF THE NINTH REG/MASS VOLUNTEERS/ORGANIZED MAY 3, 1961/MUSTERED OUT JUNE 21, 1864"

Sculptor Mark (On proper right side of sculpture, bronze base:) "R. E. Brooks . Sculpt. 1899"

Founder Mark (On rear of sculpture:) E. Gruet Jne Fondeur Paris

Dimensions:

Sculpture: 8 ft. x 2 ft. 4 in. x 2 ft. 4 in.; Base: approx. 6 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 8 in. x 3 ft. 8 in.

TITLE: Colonel Thomas Cass ARTIST(S): Richard Edwin Cass, Sculptor DATE: 9/14/1899 MEDIUM: Bronze, Stone CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 76005288 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Boston Public Garden, south of the pond. DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: None

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