Title Dr. Edward Everett Hale Alternate Title None Materials Bronze Year Modeled 1912 Year Cast 1913 Year Cut NA Year Commissioned 1910 by President Curtis Guild for the Hale Statue Committee Size 96 x 38 in Subject Keywords Government, Religious, Statue Current Location(s) Bronze - Boston Public Gardens, Boston, MA. View Map Location with Google Maps Bronze Reduction - Location Unknown. Provenance No previous locations known. Original Cost to Produce $26,000.00   2009 GDP Value $440,000.00    Images (click for larger image) Clay model. Statue in place. Unveiling ceremony pamphlet. (414 KB, PDF) Ledger entry. Image Credits Include: Baldwin Coolidge  Awards Gold Medal: February 1915, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, CA.  Exhibitions April 24 - 28, 1911: Open Studio, Harcourt Street Studio, Boston, MA. November 16 - 28, 1914: Exhibition of Paintings by Edmund C. Tarbell and Sculpture by Bela L. Pratt, Guild of Boston Artists, Boston, MA. February 20 - December 4, 1915: Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, CA. June 17 - October 2, 1916: Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, National Sculpture Society, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY. October 29 - November 10, 1917: Bela Lyon Pratt Memorial Exhibition, Guild of Boston Artists, Boston, MA.  Inscription EDWARD EVERETT HALE  Notes Statue was dedicated May 22, 1913.  Related Works No related works.  Related Articles To Erect Statue Of Edward Everett Hale, Boston Daily Advertiser (Boston, MA), Monday, June 27, 1910 (1.70 MB). In Honor Of Edward Everett Hale, Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, MA), Monday, June 27, 1910 (724 KB). Edward Everett Hale Memorial Proposed, Boston Herald (Boston, MA), Monday, June 27, 1910 (724 KB). Monument To Dr Hale Planned For Boston, The Boston Globe (Boston, MA), Monday, June 27, 1910 (606 KB). Appeal Made For Funds To Erect Statue In Copley Square As Memorial To Rev. 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Death Of Bela Pratt, Famous Sculptor - Statue Of "The Whaleman" In This City Among His Works - Was Stricken In April, Morning Mercury (New Bedford, MA), Saturday, May 19, 1917 (569 KB). Mr. Dela L. Pratt, Sculptor, Dead, New York Herald (New York, NY), Saturday, May 19, 1917 (179 KB). Bela L. Pratt, Sculptor, Dies - Statues By Boston Man May Be Found In Several Cities, New York Tribune (New York, NY), Saturday, May 19, 1917 (206 KB). Bela L. Pratt, Sculptor, Dies, The Boston Globe (Boston, MA), Saturday, May 19, 1917 (815 KB). Sculptor Who Is Dead At 49 - Bela L. Pratt, Famous Boston Sculptor, Dies, The Boston Journal (Boston, MA), Saturday, May 19, 1917 (381 KB). Bela Lyon Pratt, The Sun (New York, NY), Saturday, May 19, 1917 (211 KB). Bela L. Pratt, Noted American Sculptor, Stricken At Boston, Source Unknown, Saturday, May 19, 1917 (242 KB). Bela Lyon Pratt, Source Unknown, Saturday, May 19, 1917 (260 KB). Bela Pratt - Citizen And Sculptor, Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, MA), Saturday, May 19, 1917 (1.64 MB). Death Of Bela L. Pratt - Noted American Sculptor, The Republican (Springfield, MA), Thursday, May 24, 1917 (560 KB). Bela L. Pratt, American Art News (New York, NY), Saturday, May 26, 1917 (302 KB). One Of Bela Lyon Pratt's Typical Marble Ideal Figures, Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, MA), Tuesday, October 30, 1917 (1.17 MB). The Fine Arts - Bela Pratt's Sculpture, Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, MA), Monday, April 8, 1918 (1.15 MB). Mr. Snow, The Retouch Artist, The Boston Traveler (Boston, MA), Thursday, December 11, 1947 (856 KB). Memory Of Edward Everett Hale, Boston Herald (Boston, MA), Tuesday, April 3, 1956 (249 KB). Hale-Ing Spring, The Boston Globe (Boston, MA), Thursday, April 25, 1985 (283 KB). America's Sculptural Heritage - Anchored In Gloucester, Daniel Irving Altshuler and Rebecca Ann Gay Reynolds, 1998 (835 KB).  Related Personal Letters From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), May 25, 1910 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), May 29, 1910 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), June 12, 1910 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), November 13, 1910 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), December 18, 1910 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), December 25, 1910 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), January 22, 1911 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), March 19, 1911 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), April 23, 1911 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), October 8, 1911 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), January 7, 1912 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), February 25, 1912 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), March 10, 1912 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), March 17, 1912 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), April 14, 1912 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), April 21, 1912 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), April 28, 1912 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), May 12, 1912 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), June 2, 1912 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), March 9, 1913 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), April 6, 1913 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), April 20, 1913 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), May 11, 1913 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), May 18, 1913 From James A. Lowell to Bela Lyon Pratt, May 24, 1913 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), May 26, 1913 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), June 1, 1913 From Curtis Guild to Bela Lyon Pratt, June 10, 1913 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), October 11, 1914 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), November 15, 1914  Related Links No links available for this work. We Need Your Help! If you have information regarding this piece that you would like to add to the Website, please contact us.
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