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Historic Nathan Hale Sculpture Information
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| Nathan Hale Memorial, (sculpture). |
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| Dates: |
| 1890. Dedicated Nov. 25, 1893. |
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| Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. |
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| Dimensions: |
| Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. x 3 ft. x 1 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 5 ft. 1 in. |
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| Inscription: |
| (On left side of base below Hale's proper left foot:) Frederick MacMonnies/Paris 1890 (On right side of base below Hale's proper right foot:) Jaboeuf & Bezout/fondeurs a Paris (On front of base:) NATHAN HALE/A CAPTAIN/IN THE REGULAR/ARMY/OF THE/UNITED STATES/WHO GAVE HIS LIFE/FOR HIS COUNTRY/IN THE CITY OF/NEW YORK/SEPT 22nd/1776 / 883 Sons Of The Revolution (Pedestal rear, on bandeau:) I ONLY REGRET THAT I HAVE BUT ONE LIFE TO LOSE FOR MY COUNTRY signed Founder's mark appears. |
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| Description: |
| Nathan Hale dressed in his disguise of a schoolmaster stands on a circular pedestal. He is depicted at age twenty-one, just before his execution. His feet and upper arms are bound behind him, his hands hang down at his sides. |
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| Base designed by Stanford White. Gift of the Sons of the American Revolution of New York. For related information see: Art Commission of the City of New York, "Catalogue of the Works of Art Belonging to the City of New York," vol. I, pg. 107. The 1992 SOS survey questionnaire notes that sculpture is rewaxed frequently. |
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| Condition: |
| Surveyed 1992 July. Treatment needed. |
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| References: |
| The City of New York, Department of Parks, 1941. |
| Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 |
| Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988. |
| Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1992. |
| Smart, Mary, "A Flight of Fame: the life and art of Frederick MacMonnies, with a Catalogue Raisonne of Sculpture and a Checklist of Paintings by E. Adina Gordon," Madison, CT: Sound View Press, 1996, no. 24. |
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| Image on file. |
| Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 41. |
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| 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. |
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| Repository: |
| Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 |
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