A whole lotta Saints here!

[messydesk]

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, and finally got around to sharing these now.

 

Adams Memorial

 

The lovely Diana.

 

 

These were actually by one his students, if I recall.

 

And this by someone else who should be familiar to us.

 

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

 

Inside one of the galleries/studios. Sculptures and plasters of varying scales.

 

"Victory" was one of the designs prototyped for the $20 coin.

 

Next to The Puritan, which is larger than life, but smaller than the original in Springfield, MA.

 

A large plaster relief sculpture of Robert Louis Stevenson.

 

 

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.

 

One of the outdoor galleries, with bronze reliefs and Amor Caritas at the end of a reflecting pool.

 

Memorial for philanthropist Henry Maxwell.

 

Highly recommended if you're in the area!

[Coindude]

John, thanks so much for sharing. I would love to visit as all those pieces are amazing.

[Matt_dac]

Very cool!

[comicdonna]

Awesome!

[BKW]

Some really nice work. Love the 54th Mass piece!

[cpm9ball]

Thanks for sharing these with us, John!

 

Chris

[johnny9434]

thats pretty awesome

[rrantique]

Thanks for sharing these John!

(thumbs u

[physics-fan3.14]

I really like a lot of these.

[jpcienkus]

Very cool John! I too loved the 54th monument and many, many of the other pieces you showed.