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Equestrian statue of Joan of Arc (New York City)

Coordinates: 40°47′39″N 73°58′35″W / 40.794057°N 73.976490°W / 40.794057; -73.976490
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Equestrian statue of Joan of Arc
The sculpture in April 2010
Equestrian statue of Joan of Arc is located in Manhattan
Equestrian statue of Joan of Arc
Equestrian statue of Joan of Arc
Location in New York City, New York
ArtistAnna Hyatt Huntington
TypeSculpture
MediumSculpture: Bronze
Base: Granite
SubjectJoan of Arc
LocationNew York City, United States
Coordinates40°47′39″N 73°58′35″W / 40.794057°N 73.976490°W / 40.794057; -73.976490

Joan of Arc, also known as Joan of Arc, Maiden of Orleans was used as a model to create this statue by Anna Hyatt Huntington at Riverside Drive and Ninety-third Street.

Description and history

Huntington's Joan of Arc stands at the intersection of Riverside Drive and Ninety-third Street in Manhattan, with other versions in San Francisco, Blois, Gloucester, Massachusetts, and Quebec City. Cast in bronze by the Gorham Manufacturing Company to one-and-a-half-times life size, its Mohegan granite base was designed by John Vredenburgh Van Pelt; it contains fragments of the Rouen cell Joan was imprisoned in before her execution, and from Reims Cathedral.[1] Jean Jules Jusserand spoke at its dedication on December 6, 1915. [2] The $35,000 ($1,054,100 in 2024) needed to erect the statue was donated by numismatist J. Sanford Saltus, namesake of the American Numismatic Society's Saltus Award. [3] Huntington was catapulted into the international spotlight after the statue was unveiled with such dignitaries as Mina Edison, Thomas Edison's second wife. [4]

In 1919 the New York Camera Club photo held a competition on who could take the best photo of the statue. The top four entrants had their pictures published in the November 16, 1919, New-York Tribune.[5]

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Grimm 2007, p. 32.
  2. ^ Bain 1915.
  3. ^ The Numismatist, August, 1922, p. 378.
  4. ^ Salmon 2009, p. 77.
  5. ^ New-York Tribune, November 16, 1919, p. 15.

Bibliography

  • Bain, George Grantham (December 6, 1915). "Mrs. T.A. Edison, Mme. Jusserand, J.J. Jusserand". Bain News Service, publisher in Library of Congress. Retrieved November 16, 2019. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Grimm, Edward (2007). Riverside Park: The Splendid Sliver. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231512190. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help) - Total pages: 128
  • "J. Sanford Saltus Obituary". The Numismatist. vol. 35 (no. 8). American Numismatic Association. August 1922. ISSN 0029-6090. LCCN 46040248. OCLC 01713845. Retrieved November 16, 2019. {{cite journal}}: |issue= has extra text (help); |volume= has extra text (help)
  • Salmon, Robin R. (2009). Sculpture of Brookgreen Gardens. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738566566. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help) - Total pages: 128
  • "New York Camera Club Competition". New-York Tribune. 1919. pp. 1–20. ISSN 1941-0646. OCLC 9405688. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
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