Statue of George S. Patton (Boston)
A 1953 statue of George S. Patton by James Earle Fraser (sometimes called General George Smith Patton, Jr.) is installed along Boston's Charles River Esplanade, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
| Statue of George S. Patton | |
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_-_173.jpg) The statue in 2019 | |
| Artist | James Earle Fraser |
| Year | 1953 |
| Medium | Bronze sculpture |
| Subject | George S. Patton |
Description and history
The bronze sculpture measures approximately 8 x 3 x 3 ft., and rests on a pink granite base that measures approximately 4 x 10 x 7 ft. It commemorates the general's June 7, 1945 address delivered from the Hatch Memorial Shell before a crowd of 20,000.[1]
The work was surveyed as part of the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in 1997.[2]
See also
References
- Blumenson, Martin (1974), The Patton Papers: 1940–1945, Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin, ISBN 0-395-18498-3
- "General George Smith Patton, Jr., (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
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