Statue of David I. Walsh

Statue of David I. Walsh
The memorial in 2009
Artist	Joseph Arthur Coletti
Subject	David I. Walsh
Location	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

A statue of David I. Walsh by Joseph Arthur Coletti (sometimes called the David Ignatius Walsh Monument or Senator David I. Walsh) is installed along Boston's Charles River Esplanade, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.

Description and history

The 1954 memorial was commissioned by the Metropolitan District Commission. Its bronze sculpture of Walsh measures approximately 8 x 3 x 3 ft., and is mounted on a square base attached to a curved granite wall. The front of the base had a bronze relief plaque of an eagle, but was missing when the memorial was surveyed as part of the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in 1997. The back of the curved wall was also missing two of three bronze plaques, which depicted the seal of Massachusetts and U.S. Naval Affairs Committee insignia. The bronze plaque remaining, as of 1997, shows an elderly man holding a tablet.

See also

• 1954 in art