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Hamilton World War I Memorial, (sculpture)

Catalog Data

Sculptor:
Lualdi, Angelo  Search this
Founder:
T. F. McGann & Sons Company  Search this
Architectural firm:
Smith & Walker  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite boulder
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Boulder
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by Town of Hamilton Hamilton Massachusetts
Located Corner of Bay & Cutler Roads Hamilton Massachusetts
Date:
1923-1924. Dedicated Oct. 5, 1924
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
Image on file.
(On bottom left corner of plaque:) ANGELO LUALDI (On bottom right corner of plaque:) T. F. MCGANN & SONS CO. BOSTON MASS. (On bronze plaque:) IN MEMORIAM/ERECTED BY/THE CITIZENS OF THIS TOWN/IN HONOR OF/HER PATRIOTIC MEN AND WOMEN/WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY/IN TIME OF WAR/TO THE DEAD A TRIBUTE/TO THE LIVING A MEMORY/TO POSTERITY AND EMBLEM OF LOYALTY/TO THE FLAG OF THEIR COUNTRY/1924 signed Founder's mark appears.
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Summary:
A bronze sculpture of an eagle with is wings spread and an anchor in its talons is perched atop a large granite boulder adorned with a bronze inscription plaque.
Topic:
History--United States--World War I  Search this
Animal--Bird--Eagle  Search this
Control number:
IAS MA000512
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_341221