COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
SAAM.1991.193
AMICA Library Year:
1998
Object Type:
Sculpture
Creator Name:
French, Daniel Chester
Creator Nationality:
North American; American
Creator Role:
Artist
Creator Dates/Places:
1850-1931
Creator Name-CRT:
Daniel Chester French
Creator Name:
Gorham Manufacturing Company
Creator Nationality:
North American; American
Creator Role:
Founder
Creator Dates/Places:
founded 1813
Biography:
In addition to plants in Rhode Island, the company was headquartered in New York City in 1905 with a retailoffice there. Initilly founded in 1813; Gorham Silver was active from 1831 to 1981. In 1967, the company mergedwith _____Textron and no longer manufactured bronze items.
Creator Name-CRT:
Gorham Manufacturing Company
Title:
Concord Minute Man of 1775
Title Type:
Title
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
1889, cast 1917
Creation Start Date:
1889
Creation End Date:
1917
Materials and Techniques:
bronze
Dimensions:
32 1/4 x 17 1/8 x 18 3/8 in. (81.9 x 43.5 x 46.7 cm.)
AMICA Contributor:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Owner Location:
Washington, DC, USA
ID Number:
1991.193
Credit Line:
Museum purchase
Inscriptions:
base left face engraved: D.C. FRENCH Sc.base front face engraved: THE CONCORD MINUTEMAN OF 1775base right face at right end engraved: GORHAM CO. G C (founder'smark)/FOUNDERSbase top lower left engraved: "1867 July 1. 1917"/Presented to/PHILO S.HAGER,/by his associates and ...
Copyright:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Related Image Identifier Link:
SAAM.1991.193.tif
