(Yale Memorial), (sculpture)

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery

Object Details

sculptor
MacNeil, Hermon A. 1866-1947
Subject
Yale, Milton H
Yale, William T
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
Image on file.
(Reliefs, just below each figure:) SETTLER/SURVEYOR/FARMER/REV SOLDIER/INVENTOR/POSTMASTER/MERCHANT (On side of base, incised below reliefs:) COURAGE/1616 THOMAS YALE 1683/1647 CAPT. THOS. YALE 1736/1687 JOHN YALE 1782/1715 NASH YALE 1802/1744 NASH YALE 1789/1772 DIVAN B. YALE 1849 (On front of base, incised below reliefs:) 1637.YALE.1937/LANDED AT BOSTON FROM WALES/SETTLED IN NEW HAVEN COLONY 1638/CAME TO SALISBURY ABOUT 1810 WHENCE/THE LAST FIVE OF TEN GENERATIONS WENT FORTH (On base plaque, raised letters:) THE WESTERN PORTION OF/THIS CEMETERY WAS/GIVEN TO THE ASSN./BY MILTON H. YALE/- IN 1907 -/THE YALE MEMORIAL/TRUST FUND GIVEN IN 1922/BY HIS SON WILLIAM T YALE AND OTHER CEMETERY/BENEFACTORS AS AN ENDOWMENT FOR THE CEME/TERYS PERPETUAL CARE unsigned
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Summary
Nine rectangular, gilded reliefs are installed along three sides of a rectangular base. In each relief a male figure represents one of the various professions of the Yale family members. The professions, such as settler, surveyor, farmer, soldier, inventor, postmaster, and merchant, are inscribed at the base of each relief. The fourth side of the base has an inscription plaque containing two circular relief portraits, one of William T. Yale and one of Milton H. Yale.
Dedicated May 20, 1939
Control number
IAS NY000423
Type
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Gravestone
Sculptures-Relief
Sculptures
Medium
Reliefs: bronze; Base: granite
Place
New York
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
Topic
Portrait male--Bust
Homage--Yale, Thomas
Homage--Yale, John
Homage--Yale, Nash
Homage--Yale, Divan B
Figure group--Male
Allegory--Quality--Fortitude
Occupation--Other--Pioneer
Occupation--Industry--Engineering
Occupation--Farm
Occupation--Military--Soldier
Occupation--Science--Inventor
Occupation--Political--Postmaster
Occupation--Vendor
Dress--Historic--Eighteenth Century Dress
Record ID
siris_ari_330168
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