William Clark Noble

"William Clark Noble poses next to his bust of Abraham Lincoln, 1924."

William Clark Noble (February 10, 1858, Gardiner, Maine May 10, 1938, Washington, D.C.) was an American sculptor best known for his monuments.

His father, Clark Noble, died at sea. His mother Emma Freeman, older brother, and infant Clark went to live on her father's farm in Richmond, Maine. He studied with Horatio Greenough and Lorado Taft.[1]

Taft, in his History of American Sculpture, remarked that Noble was one of a group of sculptors who had, "made something of a specialty of military figures."[2]

Noble designed coinage for Guatemala and Panama.[3] His Guatemalan quetzal (1925)[4] and Panamanian balboa (1931)[5] each exchanged for one US dollar.

He was a member of the National Arts Club and the National Sculpture Society.[6]

He married three times. His son, William Clark Noble, Jr., also became an artist. Noble and his widow Emile are buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in South Gardiner, Maine.

Selected works

War memorials

References

  1. Opitz, Glenn B., Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Books, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1988.
  2. Taft, Lorado, ‘’The History of American Sculpture’’, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1925, p.435.
  3. "Works of sculptor W. Clark Noble placed on exhibition at 'Belcourt'," Newport Daily News, August 13, 1959, p.16.
  4. Guatemalan quetzal, from Numista.
  5. Panamanian Balboa, from NGC.
  6. National Sculpture Society Membership, 1898
  7. Rev. Charles T. Brooks, from SIRIS.
  8. William Winter, In Memory of John McCullough, (Philadelphia: Devinne Press, 1889), p. 46-51.
  9. McCullough grave in 2002, from Find-A-Grave.
  10. Old Salt, from Invaluable.
  11. William Ellery Channing, from SIRIS.
  12. "New Donations to New Orleans Museum of Art," NOMA press release, January 14, 2012.
  13. "The Silversmith's Art in Its Highest Estate," The Jeweler's Circular, June 22, 1898, cover & p.7. (Scroll up for photos.)
  14. Joseph Jefferson Presentation Cup, from Sotheby's New York.
  15. Joseph Jefferson as Rip van Winkle, from Mark Lasalle Fine Art.
  16. The Monumental News, January 1897, pp.20-21.
  17. Commercial Cable Company Building, from Amazon.
  18. Phillips Brooks Memorial, Review of Reviews, September, 1895, pp.258 & 270.
  19. Florence N. Levy, Art in New York, (New York: Art Service, 1922), p.48.
  20. Joshua Newton Perkins, History of the Parish of the Incarnation, New York City, 18521912, (Frank B. Howard Press, 1912), p.190. (Scroll down for a photo.)
  21. David Rowland Francis, The Universal Exposition of 1904 (St. Louis, MO: Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company, 1913), p.204.
  22. "World's Fair Statuary," Rock Island Argus, February 22, 1905, p.6.
  23. Monsignor Doane, from Newark History.
  24. Monsignor Doane, from SIRIS.
  25. Minerva, from SIRIS.
  26. "The Statue on the State-House Dome," Maine Library Bulletin, vol. 13, nos. 1-2 (JulyOctober, 1927), p.21.
  27. Minerva, from Tom Forst.
  28. Lincoln the Candidate, from SIRIS.
  29. George Washington Carver, from Skinner Auctions.
  30. Honus Wagner, from Christie's New York.
  31. The portrait appears on the cover of Myra B. Lord, Mary Baker Eddy: A Concise Story of Her Life & Works, (1918).
  32. Our World, November 1922, p.9.
  33. Charles William Eliot, from SIRIS.
  34. Newport Soldiers and Sailors Monument, from SIRIS.
  35. Newport Soldiers and Sailors Monument, from Getty Images.
  36. General Josiah Porter, from NYC Parks.
  37. 50th PA Infantry Monument, from SIRIS.
  38. 50th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Monument, from National Park Service.
  39. 100th PA Infantry Monument, from SIRIS.
  40. Danville Soldiers Monument, from SIRIS.
  41. Bellefonte Civil War Memorial, from SIRIS.
  42. Governor Curtin (Gettysburg), from SIRIS.
  43. Governor Curtin (Bellefonte), from SIRIS.
  44. Governor Curtin (Harrisburg), from SIRIS.
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