Soldiers and Sailors Memorial, (sculpture)

Object Details

Notes: Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1993.; Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.; Exeter News-Leader, July 7, 1922.; Image on file.; D. C. French, Sc. Cast.By.Roman Bronze Works N.Y. (On front of base:) WITH/VENERATION FOR THOSE WHO DIED/GRATITUDE TO THOSE WHO LIVE/TRUST IN THE PATRIOTISM OF THOSE WHO COME AFTER/THE TOWN OF EXETER DEDICATES THIS MEMORIAL/TO HER SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE WORLD WAR (On back of base:) ERECTED MCMXXII 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 war memorial comprised of a grouping of figures. A uniformed World War I soldier stands at attention, his proper left hand on his hip, cap in proper right hand. Behind his proper right shoulder stands a classical female figure in flowing robes, arms extended outward and upward in protective gesture. Her proper left hand supports a large American flag on an eagle-topped staff behind the soldier's proper left shoulder. Her sandaled proper left foot rests on a closed book (a symbol of Exeter, known as an education center). At her feet is a garland of poppies, laurel and oak. A fasces stands behind and between the figures.