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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Ball, Thomas,     Royal Foundry,     Portrait male -- Quincy, Josiah     Occupation -- Political     Occupation -- Political     Occupation -- Education     Occupation -- Writer     Occupation -- Law     Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston     Sculpture

Josiah Quincy, (sculpture). Artist:  Ball, Thomas, 1819-1911, sculptor. Royal Foundry, founder. Title:  Josiah Quincy, (sculpture). Dates:  Modeled 1878. Cast 1879. Dedicated Sept. 17, 1879. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figure: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Figures: approx. 9 ft. 4 in. x 2 ft. 8 in. x 2 ft. 8 in.; Base: approx. 9 ft. 6 in. x 7 ft. 7 in. x 7 ft. 7 in. Inscription:  (Base front:) JOSIAH QUINCY/1778-1864/MASSACHUSETTS SENATE,1804/ CONGRESS, 1805-1813/JUDGE OF MUNICIPAL COURT, 1822/MAYOR OF BOSTON, 1823-1828/PRESIDENT HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 1829-1845 (Base side:)Erected A.D. 1879 from a fund bequeathed to the City of Boston by Jonathan Phillips (Proper right side, base:) T. Ball Sc. 1878 (Proper left side, base:) Gegossen durch FERD v. MILLER & SOHNE/Munchen 1879 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Full-length standing portrait. Subject wears cloak which he is pulling forward in front of himself with his proper left hand. Statue stands on granite base. Subject:  Portrait male -- Quincy, Josiah -- Full length Occupation -- Political -- Mayor Occupation -- Political -- Statesman Occupation -- Education Occupation -- Writer -- Author Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Boston, Boston Art Commission, Office of Cultural Affairs, Boston City Hall, Room 716, Boston, Massachusetts 02201 Located Old City Hall, Courtyard, School Street, Boston, Massachusetts Remarks:  The statue commemorates Josiah Quincy, five time mayor of Boston and among those responsible for erecting Faneuil Hall Market; Congressman from 1805 to 1813, and 1829 to 1845. The statue was funded through the Jonathan Phillips fund. For further reading see: Edwin Monroe Bacon's "Boston of Today," Boston Post Pub. Co., 1892 and Allan Forbes and Ralph M. Eastman's "Some Statues of Boston," Boston: State Street Trust Co., 1946, pg. 54-55. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1993. Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston: From Newburyport to Plymouth," Boston: The Harvard Common Press, rev. ed., 1993, pg. 70. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. Zoukee, Sophye M., "Adopt-A-Statue Casebook," Boston: City of Boston, 1990. Boston Art Commission, 1991. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MA5099, 1989. Monumental News, Sept., 1894, pg. 434. Illustration:  Image on file. Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston: From Newburyport to Plymouth," Boston: The Harvard Common Press, rev. ed., 1993, pg. 71. Monumental News, Sept. 1894, pg. 434. 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 76008827   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76008827 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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