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Sculptor:
Lyford, Cabot 1925-2016  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: Australian dark gray granite; Base: granite
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of Portsmouth Trustees of Portsmouth's Trust Funds 105 Marcy Street Portsmouth New Hampshire 03801
Located Four Tree Island Northwest tip Portsmouth New Hampshire
Date:
1975. Installed Nov. 1975
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1995.
Image on file.
Brighton, Ray, "The Prescott Story," New Castle, NH: Portsmouth Marine Society, c1982, pg. 105.
(On granite plaque on base, incised letters:) FOR THOSE/WHO SAILED/HERE TO FIND/A NEW LIFE/(In script) Cabot Lyford/1976 signed
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Summary:
An abstract depiction of a female figure wearing a flowing dress crouching forward on her proper left leg. Her proper right leg is extended backward with her foot raised in the air. The female figure holds an infant to her front proper left side cradled in her proper left hand. The infant's cheek is pressed against the female figure's cheek. The female figure's proper right hand clutches her proper right breast. The sculpture is placed atop a rough granite boulder with two benches placed against it.
Topic:
History--United States--Immigration  Search this
Figure group--Family--Mother & Child  Search this
Allegory--Element--Air  Search this
Control number:
IAS NH000261
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_330989