Object Details
sculptor
French, Daniel Chester 1850-1931
Packer, Francis Herman 1873-1957
architect
Bacon, Henry 1866-1924
founder
Gorham Manufacturing Company
fabricator
Norcross Brothers
Subject
Draper, William
Notes
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988.
Percoco, Jim, 1991.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1993.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MA0056, 1989.
Monumental News, Nov. 1910; Jan. 1913.
Image on file.
Monumental News, Jan. 1913, pg. 25.
DANIEL C. FRENCH SC 1912 (On front of base:) GENERAL/WILLIAM FRANKLIN DRAPER/1842-1910/DANIEL C. FRENCH SC/1912 (On right side of base:) THE WILDERNESS DEFENSE OF KNOXVILLE PEGRAM FARM/WELDON RAILROAD BLAINE'S CROSSROADS/1893-1897/AMBASSADOR TO ITALY 1897-1900 (On left side of base:) ROANOKE ISLAND FREDERICKSBURG BLUE SPRINGS/NEW BERNE SIEGE OF VICKSBURG CAMPBELLS STATION/JACKSON signed
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Summary
An equestrian portrait of General William F. Draper dressed in his Civil War military uniform is mounted atop a oblong base. Draper is holds the horse's reins in his proper left hand and a glove in his proper right hand. A low stone seat surrounds the lower part of the base.
Date
Commissioned 1910. Dedicated Sept. 25, 1912. Rededicated May 25, 1992
Control number
IAS 76006041
Type
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Medium
Sculpture: bronze; Base: Milford pink granite
Owner/Location
Administered by Town of Milford 52 Main Street Milford Massachusetts 01757
Located Draper Park Main & Congress Streets Milford Massachusetts
Data Source
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
Topic
Portrait male--Full length
Equestrian
Occupation--Military--General
Occupation--Political--Congressman
Record ID
siris_ari_16892