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This Hiker (1911) is a 108-inch-tall bronze figure of a white male volunteer soldier. He strides forward with his left leg before his right and stares directly at the Federal Building. His arms are at his hips holding a Krag–Jørgensen rifle; his…

The Pancratiast sits atop a glossy red marble base in Roger Williams Park across from Pleasure Lake and Dalrymple Boathouse. The bronze statue is an image of a seated nude boxer who leans forward on his elbows, resting them on his thighs. He appears…

The Rhode Island Nine Memorial is dedicated to nine U.S. Marines from Rhode Island who died in the Marine barracks bombing in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 23, 1983. The memorial is comprised of a long granite wall inset with nine tempered glass…

Located in Biltmore Park, the bronze full-size sculpture of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Harrison Young stands mid-stride atop a large, rugged boulder. He wears a Civil War military uniform including a collared jacket, tall boots and a hat. His right…

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 Soldiers and Sailors Monument is a forty-two-foot-tall monument made of blue Westerly granite and bronze. This memorial was the result of efforts by a committee of nine men from Rhode Island who wanted to honor the state’s 1,727 fallen veterans…

The Spirit of Youth is dedicated to Constance Witherby, who died at the age of sixteen. A bronze statue of a young woman stands in front of a large bronze rectangle. The woman is modeled in pseudo-Greek dress with a loose gown flowing over her body…

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…

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…

Designed by the Philadelphia architect, Paul Cret, the World War I Memorial is a large Doric column rising 115 feet above its base. On top of the shaft is a female allegorical figure of Victory. The drum at the base of the column includes carved…