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'''''Seventh Regiment Memorial''''' is an outdoor [[bronze sculpture]] honoring the members of that regiment who’s lives were forfeited during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. The statue was created by [[John Quincy Adams Ward]] and the base was designed by [[Richard Morris Hunt]]. Although the statue is dated 1869 the monument was not unveiled until June 22, 1874. |
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'''''Seventh Regiment Memorial''''' is an outdoor [[bronze sculpture]] by [[John Quincy Adams Ward]], located in [[Central Park]] in [[Manhattan]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. It was created in 1869 and installed in Central Park in June 1874.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/centralpark/monuments/1427|title=Central Park: Seventh Regiment Memorial|accessdate=June 14, 2014|publisher=[[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.centralparknyc.org/things-to-see-and-do/attractions/7th-regiment-memorial.html|title=7th Regiment Memorial|accessdate=June 14, 2014|publisher=[[Central Park Conservancy]]}}</ref> |
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Ward likely received the commission in 1867, the rest of funding by the Seventh Regiment Monument Association, and by the spring of 1868 he had model prepared. Initially Hunt had envisioned and designed a much larger monument, one with at least five figures, seen as being a part of a “Warrior Gate” to [[Central Park]]. However the park’s architects, [[Frederick Law Olmsted|Olmsted]] and [[Calvert Vaux|Vaux]], had already clashed with Hunt over matters of aesthetics<ref> Hall, Lee, Olmsted’s America: An “Unpractical Man and His Vision of Civilization, A Bulfinch Press Book, Little Brown and Company, Boston, 1995 p.94</ref> with the result that Hunt’s grand scheme of a series of showy Beaux-Arts entrances to the park was reduced to the Seventh Regiment Memorial.<ref>Stein, Susan R., editor, The Architecture of Richard Morris Hunt, Lewis I. Sharp, Richard Morris Hunt and His Influence on American Beaux-Arts Sculpture, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1986, pp. 126-128</ref> |
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Although critic Wayne Craven considers the work “a failure”, stating neither the “Shakespeare” nor the “Seventh Regiment Soldier” were portrait statues in the usual sense, and their in lies the explanation for their failures. Ward often lacked the vision to create a successful imaginary portrait, and his images of men who could actually stand before him were, as a rule, much stronger as works of art”<ref. Craven, Wayne, Sculpture in America, Thomas Y. Crowell Co., New York 1968 p. 250</ref> the soldier in the monument was modeled by actor, and veteran of the Regiment [[Steele MacKaye]], who wore his own uniform to pose in.<ref> Sharp, Lewis I., John Quincy Adams Ward: Dean of American Sculpture, with Catalogue Raisonné, University of Delaware Press, Newark, 1985 p. 177</ref> |
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Revision as of 17:08, 4 September 2017
| Seventh Regiment Memorial | |
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  Seventh Regiment Memorial Location in New York City | |
| Artist | John Quincy Adams Ward |
| Year | 1869 |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Medium | Bronze |
| Location | New York City, New York, United States |
| 40°46′26″N 73°58′35″W / 40.77377°N 73.97640°W | |
Seventh Regiment Memorial is an outdoor bronze sculpture honoring the members of that regiment who’s lives were forfeited during the Civil War. The statue was created by John Quincy Adams Ward and the base was designed by Richard Morris Hunt. Although the statue is dated 1869 the monument was not unveiled until June 22, 1874.
Ward likely received the commission in 1867, the rest of funding by the Seventh Regiment Monument Association, and by the spring of 1868 he had model prepared. Initially Hunt had envisioned and designed a much larger monument, one with at least five figures, seen as being a part of a “Warrior Gate” to Central Park. However the park’s architects, Olmsted and Vaux, had already clashed with Hunt over matters of aesthetics[1] with the result that Hunt’s grand scheme of a series of showy Beaux-Arts entrances to the park was reduced to the Seventh Regiment Memorial.[2]
Although critic Wayne Craven considers the work “a failure”, stating neither the “Shakespeare” nor the “Seventh Regiment Soldier” were portrait statues in the usual sense, and their in lies the explanation for their failures. Ward often lacked the vision to create a successful imaginary portrait, and his images of men who could actually stand before him were, as a rule, much stronger as works of art”<ref. Craven, Wayne, Sculpture in America, Thomas Y. Crowell Co., New York 1968 p. 250</ref> the soldier in the monument was modeled by actor, and veteran of the Regiment Steele MacKaye, who wore his own uniform to pose in.[3]
References
- ^ Hall, Lee, Olmsted’s America: An “Unpractical Man and His Vision of Civilization, A Bulfinch Press Book, Little Brown and Company, Boston, 1995 p.94
- ^ Stein, Susan R., editor, The Architecture of Richard Morris Hunt, Lewis I. Sharp, Richard Morris Hunt and His Influence on American Beaux-Arts Sculpture, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1986, pp. 126-128
- ^ Sharp, Lewis I., John Quincy Adams Ward: Dean of American Sculpture, with Catalogue Raisonné, University of Delaware Press, Newark, 1985 p. 177
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External links
Media related to 7th Regiment Memorial (Central Park) at Wikimedia Commons
- 1869 establishments in New York (state)
- 1869 sculptures
- Bronze sculptures in New York City
- Central Park
- Monuments and memorials in New York City
- Outdoor sculptures in New York City
- Statues in New York City
- Sculptures of men in New York City
- American Civil War military monuments and memorials
- Beaux-Arts architecture in New York City
- Buildings and structures in New York City
- 1874 sculptures