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Historic Nathan Hale Sculpture Information

Artist: 
Pratt, Bela Lyon, 1867-1917, sculptor.
Title: 
Nathan Hale (1755-1776), (sculpture).
Dates: 
ca. 1913.
Medium: 
Bronze, dark reddish-brown, green, and exposed bronze patina.
Dimensions: 
34 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. (87.6 x 24.8 x 22.2 cm).
Inscription: 
(Signed and inscribed on front edge of base in relief:) NATHAN HALE / by BELA L PRATT (Rear edge of base, incised print:) BL[?] signed
Description: 
Standing male figure with bound feet.
Subject: 
Portrait male -- Hale, Nathan -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
History -- United States -- Revolution
Object Type: 
Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- New Haven
Sculpture
Owner: 
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
Remarks: 
Yale Club of New York.
References: 
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Yale University Art Gallery, 1988.
Freedman, Paula B. and Robin Jaffee Frank, "A Checklist of American Sculpture at Yale University," New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992.
Illustration: 
Freedman, Paula B., "A Checklist of American Sculpture at Yale University," New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992, pg. 251.
Image on file.
Note: 
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.
Repository: 
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number: 
IAS 76009918

 

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