Permanent Art and Monuments
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Results for "Allegorical"
26 monuments found.
Freedom Square Memorial
Freedom Triangle
Brooklyn
Winged female figure (over life size) on integral plinth on pedestal
Glendale War Memorial
Glendale Veterans Triangle
Queens
Plaque with bas-relief of female figure holding a torch aloft in her right hand over a list of twenty-one names, on a stele
Greenpoint War Memorial
Msgr. McGolrick Park
Brooklyn
Standing female figue with integral plinth on pedestal
Hansborough Natatorium
Manhattan
James Gordon Bennett Memorial
Herald Square
Manhattan
Niche, pilasters, 3 figural statues, bell
Major Clarence T. Barrett Memorial
Barrett Triangle
Staten Island
Standing figure with shield and spear (heroic scale) on integral plinth on broad, bilevel pedestal with bas-relief of two martial scenes separated by classical mask on lower level; large oval basin in front, and small drinking fountain in rear
Monitor Memorial
Msgr. McGolrick Park
Brooklyn
Male figure (heroic scale) tugging at a hawser with an integral plinth, on a pedestal
Pulitzer Fountain
Grand Army Plaza
Manhattan
Fountain with sculptures: five basins in a stepped pattern support at their highest point a sixth, shell-form basin holding a standing female figure (over life-size); two rams-head horns of plenty flank the third basin
Quadriga: the Triumphal Progress of Columbia
Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn
Quadriga and three female figures (heroic scale)
Seal of the State of New York (aka Excelsior)
Central Park
Manhattan
Eagle atop shield on integral plinth between two female figures, each on integral plinth
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