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Sculpture
Nathan Hale (1755 - 1776)
Frederick W. MacMonnies, 1863 - 1937
MacMonnies, Frederick W.
United States
1863 - 1937
Male
28 3/8 x 9 1/2 x 5 13/16 in. (72.1 x 24.1 x 14.8 cm)
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Bronze
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1890
1890
1890
1800-1900, 19th century, men, portraits, Revolutionary War, sculpture
Sculpture
In the final decades of the nineteenth century, representations of the American Revolution and its heroes were romanticized. Here, Frederick MacMonnies depicts doomed patriot Nathan Hale (1755 – 1776) moments before his execution by the British as punishment for spying. Hale’s ruffled shirt hangs dramatically open, framing and exposing his bare chest and neck, soon to hold the hangman’s noose. With his arms tied back at the elbow, Hale’s hands are left free to gesture as he uttered his famous last words, “I regret that I have but one life to give for my country.”
[Gallery label text, 2010]
right side of basetop of base, on left
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