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The colossal statue of Roger Williams (14 feet high) stands overlooking the City of Providence from Prospect Terrace. Made of Westerly granite, the statue represents Williams in colonial garb with doublet, breeches, and a cape. His right hand is…

The bronze statue of Ebenezer Knight Dexter rests atop a granite pedestal. Shown in slight contrapposto with his right foot stepping off the base of the statue, Dexter grasps a partially unrolled paper with the words "To the City of Providence." With…

The Fighting Gladiator is a bronze copy of the Borghese Gladiator in the museum collection of the Musée du Louvre in Paris. The statue is inscribed "Agasias of Ephesus Son of Dositheos," who is thought to have created the marble original in c. 100…

The artist, Thomas F. Hoppin, modeled the statue of a dog in 1851. The bronze dog stands alert with head and tail raised and legs striding forward. A broken chain rests along its upper back and side. Hoppin modeled the dog after "Black Prince," a…

The Isaac Hahn Memorial comprises an octagonal granite wall, granite posts, a green iron memorial gate, and a small garden at the site of the Roger Williams Spring. Two bronze plaques are embedded on the two entry piers: one acknowledging Roger…

The granite fountain was dedicated in 1940 in memory of Henry Bowen Anthony: editor/publisher of the Providence Journal (1838-1884?); Rhode Island governor (1849-1851); and a U.S. Senator (1859-1884). In his will, Anthony left a gift to be designated…

"The statue stands facing down Westminster street. and in its pose is naturalness itself. There is a notable absence of anything strained in the position. One hand rests lightly on the hip and holds a partially rolled parchment. One foot is slightly…

In 1886, Henry Hudson Kitson won the commission for the statue of the recently deceased Mayor Thomas A. Doyle. He modeled the mayor in classic contrapposto: he rests his left hand on his hip and steps forward on his right foot, forming an S-shaped…

The Elisha Dyer Memorial, historically recognized as The Falconer, is dedicated to Elisha Dyer, a Brown University graduate (class of 1829) and the 25th Governor of Rhode Island (1857-1859). Created at the bequest of Daniel Wanton Lyman, the grandson…

The bronze statue shows a Union soldier on picket duty. Wearing the Union uniform with a U.S. buckle at his waist, he stands on top of a large field boulder, right leg extended behind him and his left foot stepping off the front of the bronze base as…