Statue of Samuel Eliot Morison

Summary

A statue of military historian Samuel Eliot Morison by Penelope Jencks is installed along Boston's Commonwealth Avenue Mall, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.

Statue of Samuel Eliot Morison
The statue in 2019
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ArtistPenelope Jencks
Year1982 (1982)
MediumBronze sculpture
SubjectSamuel Eliot Morison
LocationBoston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Coordinates42°21′4.2″N 71°4′51″W / 42.351167°N 71.08083°W / 42.351167; -71.08083

Description and history edit

The 1982 bronze sculpture, set atop a sculpted granite boulder, depicts Morison holding binoculars. Below his feet, embedded in the boulder, are bronze casts of crabs, shells, and starfish. Etched into a smaller rock beside the boulder is inscribed his counsel to young writers: ”Dream dreams, then write them aye, but live them first.”

The work was surveyed as part of the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in 1993.[1]

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References edit

  1. ^ "Samuel Eliot Morison, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on September 18, 2023. Retrieved October 31, 2019.

External links edit

  •   Media related to Statue of Samuel Eliot Morison at Wikimedia Commons