Crispus Attucks Monument (also known as Boston Massacre Monument)

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Title Crispus Attucks Monument (also known as Boston Massacre Monument)
Creator Robert Kraus; Henry Bonnard Bronze Company, Boston, Mass.
Creator Nationality American
Location City/State Boston, Massachusetts
Location Country United States
Style Period 19th Century Art
Description The monument consists of an allegorical female figure representing the Spirit of the Revolution standing atop a granite base in front of a tall granite obelisk adorned with a band of thirteen stars around the top. The female figure is loosely draped and holds a furled American flag in her proper left hand. Her proper right arm is raised and in her proper right hand she holds a broken piece of chain. Beneath her proper right foot is a broken British crown. An eagle ready to take flight is perched by her proper left foot. On the base, beneath the female figure, is a bronze relief plaque depicting the Boston Massacre. It shows five men, Crispus Attucks, Samuel Maverick, James Caldwell, Samuel Gray, and Patrick Carr, slain by the British soldiers in front of the Massachusetts State House. The hand of one victim and the foot of another project from the surface of the relief. The hand is brightly polished by visitors who think they are shaking the hand of Crispus Attuck.
Subject Boston Massacre; History; Monuments
Creation Date 1889 CE
Form monument / sculpture
Medium bronze and Concord granite
Dimensions Sculpture: approx. 7 x 5 x 6 ft.; Base: approx. 10 ft. 6 in. x 10 ft. x 10 ft. 4 in.; Relief plaque: approx. W. 2 ft. 10 in. x H. 4 ft.; Obelisk: approx. H. 25 ft. 6 in.
Classes ARTH 3010 Art and Conflict Module 5 - Boston Massacre; Module 11 - Monuments and Countermonuments
Work ID 24873
Rights Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boston_(2019)_-_069.jpg
ARK ark:/87278/s64n46vh
Setname uu_aah_art
ID 1528270
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64n46vh
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