Statue of Josiah Quincy III

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Statue of Josiah Quincy III
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The statue in 2018
Statue of Josiah Quincy III
Artist Thomas Ball
Year1879 (1879)
Medium Bronze sculpture
Subject Josiah Quincy III
Location Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Coordinates 42°21′28.3″N71°3′33.6″W / 42.357861°N 71.059333°W / 42.357861; -71.059333

A statue of Josiah Quincy III by Thomas Ball (sometimes called Josiah Quincy) is installed outside Boston's Old City Hall, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. [1] [2] [3] The sculpture belongs to the City of Boston. [4] [5]

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Description

The larger than life [6] bronze sculpture depicts Josiah Quincy III wearing a coat and cloak. [7] [8] It measures approximately 9 ft. 4 in. x 2 ft. 8 in. x 2 ft. 8 in., and rests on a granite base that measures approximately 9 ft. 6 in. x 7 ft. 7 in. x 7 ft. 7 in. [1] One inscription on the front of the base reads: "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". Inscriptions on the sides of the base read "Erected A.D. 1879 from a fund bequeathed to the City of Boston by Jonathan Phillips", "T. Ball Sc. 1878", and "Gegossen durch FERD v. MILLER & SOHNE / Munchen 1879". [1]

History

The statue was modeled in 1878, cast in 1879, and dedicated on September 17 of that year. [1] It cost approximately $18,000 [9] and was installed using money from a trust fund established in 1860. [10] [11] [12] [13] Mayor Frederick O. Prince spoke at the statue's dedication ceremony. [14] [15]

The work was surveyed by the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in 1993. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Josiah Quincy, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution . Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  2. ↑ Statue of Josiah Quincy: Dedication Ceremonies, October 11, 1879 : with Preliminary Proceedings. Boston (Mass.). City Council. 1879.
  3. ↑ The American Art Review. Dana Estes and C.E. Lauriat. 1880.
  4. ↑ Municipal Register. 1924.
  5. ↑ Annual Report of the Executive Department of the City of Boston ... 1911.
  6. ↑ Carlock, Marty (1993). A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston: From Newburyport to Plymouth. Harvard Common Press. ISBN   978-1-55832-062-8.
  7. ↑ Smith, Carl (2013-04-17). City Water, City Life: Water and the Infrastructure of Ideas in Urbanizing Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago. University of Chicago Press. ISBN   978-0-226-02265-9.
  8. ↑ The American Architect and Building News. James R. Osgood & Company. 1881.
  9. ↑ King, Moses (1880). The Harvard Register. Moses King.
  10. ↑ Handy Guide to Boston and Environs. 1904.
  11. ↑ Bacon, Edwin Monroe (1886). Boston Illustrated: Containing Full Descriptions of the City and Its Immediate Suburbs, Its Public Buildings and Institutions, Business Edifices, Parks and Avenues, Statues, Harbor and Islands, Etc., Etc. With Numerous Historical Allusions. Houghton, Mifflin and Company.
  12. ↑ Stanwood, Edward (1893). Boston Illustrated: A Familiar Guide to Boston and Its Neighborhood; Setting Forth the Rich Historical Associations and Containing Full Descriptions ... Houghton Mifflin.
  13. ↑ King, Moses (1881). King's Handbook of Boston. M. King.
  14. ↑ Winsor, Justin; Jewett, Clarence F. (1881). The Memorial History of Boston: Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 1630-1880. Ticknor.
  15. ↑ "Revealed: The Statue of Josiah Quincy Unveiled". The Boston Globe. October 12, 1879. p. 2.
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