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messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,687 ✭✭✭✭✭
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OK, so they're sculptures from the Saint-Gaudens Historic Park in Cornish, NH, but still very cool. Made a side trip there while on a short trip to Boston back in July.

Adams Memorial
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The lovely Diana.
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These were actually by one his students, if I recall.
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And this by someone else who should be familiar to us.
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Col. Shaw leading the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. Stared at this for a long time. In the second picture, you can see the soldiers 4 deep in relief behind the horse
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Inside one of the galleries/studios. Sculptures and plasters of varying scales.
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"Victory" was one of the designs prototyped for the $20 coin.
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Next to The Puritan, which is larger than life, but smaller than the original in Springfield, MA.
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A large plaster relief sculpture of Robert Louis Stevenson.
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Some numismatic bits, of course, including an interesting poster illustrating the lineage of many early 20th century coin designers and how important Saint-Gaudens was to the pinnacle of US coin design.
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One of the outdoor galleries, with bronze reliefs and Amor Caritas at the end of a reflecting pool.
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Memorial for philanthropist Henry Maxwell.
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Highly recommended if you're in the area!
John
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  • nwcoastnwcoast Posts: 2,898 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very interesting!
    I had hoped to visit this when back east acouple of weeks ago. Unfortunately though, time didn't permit the side trip.

    Your sharing of this came at a time for which I've been thinking of and regretting that I wasn't able to see it first hand.

    The timing couldn't have been better for this reader!

    And, I might add, that your photography and the lighting are most excellent Sir!!!!

    Thank you for sharing thisimage

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  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,957 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What an incredible artist. I'd love to have the "Victory" statue. I'd cherish that.

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  • CoinJunkieCoinJunkie Posts: 8,772 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Fabulous stuff. Thanks for posting that!

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  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,216 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This is a beautiful post.

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  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,480 ✭✭✭
    wow
    what a sweet thread to open...amazing place too...breathtaking pieces of art there

    thanks messydesked one...image
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  • segojasegoja Posts: 6,141 ✭✭✭✭
    NEAT!
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  • SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,112 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • 53BKid53BKid Posts: 2,181 ✭✭✭
    Great photos--Thank you!
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  • etexmikeetexmike Posts: 6,852 ✭✭✭
    Very cool. Thanks for the pics.


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  • boiler78boiler78 Posts: 3,115 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Excellent post!! imageimage
  • StuartStuart Posts: 9,831 ✭✭✭✭✭
    John, Those are very cool photos -- Thanks for sharing! image

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  • HighReliefHighRelief Posts: 3,728 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Fascinating historical works of art image

  • sparky64sparky64 Posts: 7,061 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I agree. Fascinating and beautiful.
    Would like to see it for myself someday.
    Thanks.

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  • DUIGUYDUIGUY Posts: 7,252 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Excellent post!! imageimage >>



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  • ModCrewmanModCrewman Posts: 4,053 ✭✭✭✭✭
    In a family vacation to Washington, DC his sculptures throughout the Smithsonian's as well as scattered throughout the government buildings were indeed a highlight of the visit for me.

    Thanks for sharing these.
  • Aegis3Aegis3 Posts: 2,931 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Adams Memorial
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    Darth Adams?
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  • sybildvanesybildvane Posts: 49
    Very nice, not expected from title but rewarding. the Diana is a proxy then, elegant as it is?
  • northcoinnorthcoin Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks for the most interesting and enjoyable photo essay. Appreciate the time that was taken to put together the post allowing us to be be armchair travelers sharing, at least in part, the experience.
  • morgansforevermorgansforever Posts: 8,500 ✭✭✭✭✭
    MD thanks for sharing this. The Col. Shaw and marching soldiers statue is incredibly detailed, my goodness. High relief on another level.
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  • SilverBaronSilverBaron Posts: 767 ✭
    This is such a wonderful display of TRUE talent .....

    and I can not even color within the lines or draw a stick figure without messing it up .... image



    Great post!! image
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  • TookybanditTookybandit Posts: 3,423 ✭✭✭✭
    Wow, those are amazing pieces of art! Thanks for sharing. image
  • coppercoinscoppercoins Posts: 6,084 ✭✭✭
    That place is on my bucket list. Thanks for the images!
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  • jamakinjamakin Posts: 1,055
    Imagine, with today's technology, what awesome coins the U.S. could produce with the above imagery.
    They were on the right track with the High relief Saints........
  • littlebearlittlebear Posts: 1,586 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Absolutely phenomenal! Thank you for posting!

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  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Thank you!
    Good for you.
  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Gorgeous stuff. Adams memorial (The Mystery of the Hereafter and The Peace of God that Passeth Understanding) is one of my all time favorite pieces of art. Gives me goosebumps.
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  • EagleEyeEagleEye Posts: 7,677 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The Sheman monument in Central Park, NYC is getting a cleaning. It has Saint-Gaudens' Victory statue leading Sherman on horseback. I recall the statue as being covered in bird dung.

    I was at the Saint-Gaudens NHP a year or so ago looking at the plasters for the cent.
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