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Sculptor:
Piatti, Emilio F.  Search this
Founder:
Vatier, Ernest  Search this
Subject:
Poor, Enoch  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Located Monroe & Court Streets, across from Bergen County Courthouse Hackensack New Jersey
Date:
1904
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1995.
Image on file.
(On proper right side of sculpture base, incised lettering:) (Left side:) CAST BY ERNEST VATIER/NEWARK, NEW JERSEY (Right side:) E.F. PIATTI SC. N.Y. 1904 (On plaque on base, raised lettering:) DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF/BRIGADIER GENERAL ENOCH POOR/BY THE NEW JERSEY SOCIETY/OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION:/BORN AT ANDOVER, MASS., JUNE 21, 1736;/DIED NEAR HACKENSACK, N. J., SEPT. 8, 1780./IN COMMAND OF A NEW HAMPSHIRE BRIGADE, HE RENDERED SIGNAL SERVICE/AT MANY BATTLES, ESPECIALLY STILLWATER, SARATOGA, NEWTOWN AND MONMOUTH./VALLEY FORGE WITNESSED HIS COURAGE IN ITS PRIVATIONS AND HIS UNSELFISHNESS/IN PROVIDING FOR THE COMFORT OF HIS SOLDIERS./HE SECURED THE RESPECT OF ALL WHO WERE UNDER HIS COMMAND, GAINED/FOR ALL TIME, THE ESTEEM OF HIS FELLOW OFFICERS, AND THE CONFIDENCE OF/WASHINGTON AND LA FAYETTE./HE WON A FAME, AS SOLDIER, PATRIOT AND CITIZEN, WHICH HAS INSPIRED THE/DESCENDANTS OF REVOLUTIONARY SIRES TO REAR THIS MEMORIAL OF HIS VIRTUES. signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
Brigadier General Enoch Poor stands dressed in a Revolutionary War uniform. His head is turned slightly to the proper right. He wears a tricorn hat, a buttoned vest under a jacket with tails and brocaded shoulders, and knee-high boots with spurs. The sculpture is mounted on a base in front of a taller backdrop.
Topic:
History--United States--Revolution  Search this
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Occupation--Military--General  Search this
Dress--Uniform--Military Uniform  Search this
Control number:
IAS NJ000459
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_336694