Sculptor:

Happny, Peter  Search this

Assistant:

McClosker, Donna Heald  Search this

Contractor:

Smith, Rodger  Search this

Groundcare Unlimited  Search this

Subject:

Happny, Nora  Search this

Medium:

Sculpture: 3/16 in. steel; Base: concrete

Type:

Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture

Sculptures

Owner/Location:

Administered by Portsmouth Fire Department Firefighters Monument Committee 170 Court Street Portsmouth New Hampshire 03801

Located Station #2 2700 Lafayette Road Portsmouth New Hampshire

Date:

1993. Dedicated May 15, 1994

Notes:

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1995.

Summary:

Full-length figure of a fireman climbing a ladder. He is in full-protective gear including boots and a hat. He wears an oxygen tank on his back; the mouthpiece for the tank rests on his chest. His proper left foot is on the second rung of the ladder and his proper right foot is on the third rung. He holds the ladder with his proper right hand and carries a young girl in his proper left hand. The girl faces the fireman and has braided hair and wears a ring on her proper left hand. The forged steel sculpture stands on a concrete base.

Topic:

Figure group--Male & Child  Search this

Portrait female--Child  Search this

Occupation--Service--Fireman  Search this

Dress--Uniform--Fireman Uniform  Search this

Object--Tool--Ladder  Search this

Control number:

IAS NH000444

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_338973