Title Nathaniel Hawthorne Alternate Title None Materials Bronze Year Modeled 1916 Year Cast 1917 Year Cut NA Year Commissioned 1910 Size 108 x 66 x 65 in Subject Keywords Government, Statue Current Location(s) Bronze - Hawthorne Boulevard, Salem, MA. View Map Location with Google Maps Provenance No previous locations known. Original Cost to Produce $20,000.00   2009 GDP Value $286,000.00    Images (click for larger image) Initial clay sketch not used. Initial sketch on platform. Second sketch not used. Dedication ceremony pamphlet. (162 KB, PDF) Ledger entry.  Awards No awards for this work.  Exhibitions April 24 - 28, 1911: Open Studio, Harcourt Street Studio, Boston, MA.  Inscription None or unknown.  Notes Originally sketched in 1909 and was commissioned in 1910. The cast of his study was approved in 1911. Work on the final statue progressed slowly as money issues from the Hawthorne committee kept stalling the project. The final statue was completed by the Summer 1916. By May 1917, casting of the Hawthorne statue had not been finished. Dedicated December 23, 1925.  Related Works No related works.  Related Articles The Fine Arts - Recent Sculptures By Mr. Pratt, Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, MA), April, 1911 (577 KB). Five Statues Of Uncommon Interest Are Now Being Shown In Model In The Boston Studio, Brooklyn Standard-Union (Brooklyn, NY), April, 1911 (255 KB). Five Statues Of Uncommon Interest Are Now Being Shown In Model Form At A Private View, The Republican (Springfield, MA), Thursday, April 27, 1911 (297 KB). New Sculptures From The Studio Of Bela Pratt, Boston Herald (Boston, MA), Sunday, April 30, 1911 (1.93 MB). Art Studies And Galleries - Many Figures Of Interest To Public In Rooms Of Sculptor Bela Pratt, Boston Herald (Boston, MA), Sunday, April 30, 1911 (975 KB). Some Recent Works By Bela L. Pratt, Art And Progress (Washington, D. C.), August, 1911 (876 KB). Statue Of Nathaniel Hawthorne For Salem, The Sun (New York, NY), Monday, January 8, 1912 (651 KB). Bronzes For Boston Library, The Sun (New York, NY), Sunday, June 9, 1912 (1.19 MB). Bela Pratt's Hawthorne Memorial, Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, MA), Monday, December 9, 1912 (544 KB). The Model For Bela Pratt's Hawthorne, Chicago Post (Chicago, IL), Thursday, December 26, 1912 (186 KB). Erect Bronze Memorial To Nathaniel Hawthorne, Source Unknown, Month Unknown, 1912 (616 KB). Memorial To Hawthorne, Source Unknown, Month Unknown, 1912 (941 KB). The Hawthorne Memorial Association, The Monumental News (Chicago, IL), January, 1913 (225 KB). Letters To The Editor - For A Memorial Of Hawthorne, Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, MA), Monday, November 8, 1915 (353 KB). Hawthorne Monument - Mr. Pratt's Statue To Be Provided With A Suitable Site In Salem - More Money Needed, Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, MA), Wednesday, March 15, 1916 (253 KB). To Push Hawthorne Fund, Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, MA), Saturday, April 8, 1916 (426 KB). Hawthorne Statue In Clay, The Christian Science Monitor (Boston, MA), Tuesday, April 11, 1916 (639 KB). Pratt's "Hawthorne" Goes To Foundry For Casting, Boston Herald (Boston, MA), Sunday, June 11, 1916 (511 KB). Boston, American Art News (New York, NY), June 17, 1916 (218 KB). Bela Pratt Is Dead - Famouse Sculptor Modelled Statue Of Whaleman Here, Evening Standard (New Bedford, MA), Friday, May 18, 1917 (292 KB). Bela L. Pratt, Sculptor, Passes Away - Noted Artist Dies At His Home In Jamaica Plain Today, Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, MA), Friday, May 18, 1917 (520 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 L. Pratt Sculptor Dies - Designer Of Hawthorne Memorial For This City Succumbs To Overwork, The Salem News (Salem, MA), Saturday, May 19, 1917 (203 KB). The Sculptor And His Works, Granite Marble & Bronze (Boston, MA), Date Unknown (1.74 MB). Show Work Of Bela Lyon Pratt At Art Museum, The Boston Post (Boston, MA), Friday, April 5, 1918 (381 KB). In The World Of Art, Boston Herald (Boston, MA), Sunday, April 7, 1918 (700 KB). The Fine Arts - Bela Pratt's Sculpture, Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, MA), Monday, April 8, 1918 (1.15 MB). The Fine Arts - Bela Pratt's Sculpture, Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, MA), Monday, April 8, 1918 (1.15 MB). Boston Art And Letters - The Statues Of Bela Pratt, The Republican (Springfield, MA), Wednesday, April 10, 1918 (495 KB). Unveil Statue Of Hawthorne, Boston Herald (Boston, MA), Thursday, December 24, 1925 (489 KB). Six Descendants Of Hawthorne Attend Dedication Of Memorial To Salem's Immortal Romancer, Salem Evening News (Salem, MA), Thursday, December 24, 1925 (1.81 MB).  Related Personal Letters From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), June 18, 1909 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), October 24, 1909 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), November 7, 1909 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Mrs. Edward West, November 15, 1909 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), November 21, 1909 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), January 9, 1910 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), January 16, 1910 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), January 23, 1910 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), January 30, 1910 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), February 6, 1910 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), February 13, 1910 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), March 6, 1910 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), March 13, 1910 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), March 20, 1910 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), March 27, 1910 From Clara Chapline Thomas to Bela Lyon Pratt, May 5, 1910 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), June 2, 1910 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), June 7, 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), November 20, 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), April 2, 1911 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), April 16, 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), June 4, 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), November 26, 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), April 14, 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), January 15, 1913 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), March 16, 1913 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), April 13, 1913 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), March 1, 1914 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), May 24, 1914 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), May 2, 1915 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), October 18, 1915 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), November 14, 1915 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), November 19, 1915 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), January 9, 1916 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), January 16, 1916 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), January 23, 1916 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), February 6, 1916 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), March 12, 1916 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), March 19, 1916 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), March 26, 1916 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), April 2, 1916 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), April 9, 1916 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), May 21, 1916 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), June 4, 1916 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), June 11, 1916 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), February 25, 1917 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), April 7, 1917 From Bela Lyon Pratt to Sarah Victoria Whittelsey Pratt (His Mother), April 15, 1917 From Frank W. 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