Bust of Patrick Collins

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Bust of Patrick Collins
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The memorial in 2019
Bust of Patrick Collins
Artist Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson, Henry Hudson Kitson; Roman Bronze Works, foundry
Medium Bronze sculpture
Subject Patrick Collins
Location Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Coordinates 42°21′08″N71°04′37″W / 42.352241°N 71.076873°W / 42.352241; -71.076873 Coordinates: 42°21′08″N71°04′37″W / 42.352241°N 71.076873°W / 42.352241; -71.076873

A bronze bust of congressman and Boston Mayor Patrick Collins is installed along Boston's Commonwealth Avenue, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The memorial was dedicated in 1908 and relocated in 1966. It features a bust of Collins on a granite base flanked by two bronze female statues representing America and Ireland. [1] The figures are approximately 7 ft. 6 in. tall and 2 ft wide, and the base measures approximately 11 ft. 6 in. x 10 ft. 1 in. x 6 ft. 8 in. The work was surveyed by the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in 1993. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Patrick Andrew Collins, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution . Retrieved November 15, 2019.