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 ====== Brownell Statue ======
-{{ :ives-brownell-1868-view-from-sw.jpg?400|Side view of Brownell Statue.}}
-//Thomas Church Brownell// is a bronze statue of Trinity President [[brownell_thomas_church|Thomas Brownell]] designed by Chauncey Ives, and is located on the Main Quad.
-The sculptor, Chauncey B. Ives, was a leading American neoclassical sculptor of the generation trained in Italy and active from the 1840s through the post Civil War era. Ives’ style was a blend of neoclassical and 19th century naturalism. The mix of these two styles is evident in his design of Brownell’s statue where commonplace America meets ancient tradition.
+[{{ :ives-brownell-1868-view-from-sw.jpg?400|Side view of Brownell Statue. Photo credit: Public Art CT}}]
-Shortly after Brownell’s death in 1865, his son-in-law Gordon Burnham gave the commission to Ives to create a memorial intended for Brownell’s grave in Cedar Hill cemetery in Hartford. Ives portrayed Brownell in a clerical gown with preaching tabs. His left hand holds a prayer book and his right arm is outstretched in the act of pronouncing a blessing.
+//Thomas Church Brownell// is a bronze statue of founding Trinity President [[brownell_thomas_church|Thomas Church Brownell]], located on the Main Quad and designed by Chauncey Ives. The statue stands 10 feet 6 inches tall and shows Brownell dressed in clerical vestments with his left hand holding a prayer book and his right arm outstretched as if pronouncing a blessing.
-In order to create his statue, Ives worked from a very lifelike signed and dated portrait bust of Brownell he had made from life in 1860 and which is today in the collection of the New York Historical Society.
+Chauncey B. Ives was an American neoclassical sculptor who was active from the 1840s until the post-[[civil_war|Civil War]] era. He blended the styles of neoclassicism and 19th-century naturalism, both of which are evident in the Brownell statue.
+Following Brownell’s death in 1865, his son-in-law Gordon Burnham commissioned Ives to create a statue of the former [[presidents|president]]. The statue originally was intended to be a memorial to have been placed on Brownell’s grave in [[cedar_hill_cemetery|Cedar Hill Cemetery]] in [[hartford|Hartford]]. Ives began his work in 1866 while in Rome. In order to capture Brownell’s likeness, Ives worked with a portrait bust he had made of Brownell in 1860. (This bust now resides with the New York Historical Society.)
-Ives began work in Rome during 1866 and the 10 foot 6 inch high figure was transferred to the foundry of Ferdinand von Miller in Munich, Germany to be cast in bronze in 1868. The statue arrived in Hartford in 1868 but Burnham reconsidered its destination and decided to make a gift of the massive bronze to the [[trustees|Trustees]] of Trinity College. As no pedestal for the bronze had been made, its dedication was delayed until 1869 while the college had James G. Batterson, Esq., of Hartford carve the fifteen foot pedestal of Quincy granite at the very high price of $5,000.
+In 1868, the statue was transferred to Munich, Germany to be cast in bronze in the foundry of Ferdinand von Miller. In the same year, the finished statue was sent to Hartford, and rather than placing it at Brownell’s grave, Burnham made the decision to make the statue a gift to Trinity’s [[trustees|Trustees]]. The official dedication was delayed, however, until the school was able to obtain a pedestal to place the statue on. Hartford resident James G. Batterson was commissioned $5,000 to carve this pedestal, which stands 15 feet tall and is made of Quincy granite.
+A ceremony was held on November 11, 1869 for the statue's unveiling at its original location on the [[old_campus|Old Campus]], overlooking Bushnell Park. When Trinity moved to the [[summit_campus|Summit Campus]] in 1878, the statue was re-erected on the Main Quad where it stands now, adjacent to the [[long_walk|Long Walk]].
-Finally, on November 11, 1869, the statue was ceremoniously unveiled on the [[old_campus|College Hill campus]] overlooking Bushnell Park where the State Capitol now stands. When the college moved to the [[summit_campus|Rocky Ridge Campus]] in 1878, the statue was re-erected on the main quadrangle, adjacent to the [[long_walk|Long Walk]].
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 ===== Sources =====
-Text taken from [[https://www.publicartct.org/artwork/thomas-church-brownell/|Thomas Church Brownell]] Public Art CT Trinity College Walking Tour
+[[https://www.publicartct.org/artwork/thomas-church-brownell/|Public Art CT Trinity College Walking Tour]]
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