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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Ether_Monument_Overview.JPG/220px-Ether_Monument_Overview.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Ether_Monument_Overview.JPG/330px-Ether_Monument_Overview.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Ether_Monument_Overview.JPG/440px-Ether_Monument_Overview.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="2560" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">"Ether Monument" in the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Public_Garden" title="Boston Public Garden">Public Garden</a>.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="13" data-lat="42.3548" data-lon="-71.0714" data-overlays="["_84c8a2a0484c466abe3921d302979be9746389ea"]" 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class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ether_Monument&params=42.3548_N_71.0714_W_type:landmark"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">42°21′17″N</span> <span class="longitude">71°04′17″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">42.3548°N 71.07140°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">42.3548; -71.07140</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Public_Garden" title="Boston Public Garden">Public Garden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Robert_Ware" title="William Robert Ware">William Robert Ware</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams_Ward" title="John Quincy Adams Ward">John Quincy Adams Ward</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Monument" title="Monument">Monument</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">40 feet</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Completion date</th><td class="infobox-data">1868</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dedicated to</th><td class="infobox-data">Use of <a href="/wiki/Diethyl_ether" title="Diethyl ether">diethyl ether</a> in anesthesia</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Ether Monument</b>, also known as <b>The Good Samaritan</b>, is a statue and fountain near the northwest corner of <a href="/wiki/Boston,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston, Massachusetts">Boston</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Boston_Public_Garden" title="Boston Public Garden">Public Garden</a>, near the intersection of Arlington Street and Marlborough Street. </p><p>It commemorates the use of <a href="/wiki/Diethyl_ether" title="Diethyl ether">ether</a> in <a href="/wiki/Anesthesia" title="Anesthesia">anesthesia</a>. Its design has been attributed to the Boston architect <a href="/wiki/William_Robert_Ware" title="William Robert Ware">William Robert Ware</a><sup id="cite_ref-mit-museum_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mit-museum-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and to the sculptor <a href="/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams_Ward" title="John Quincy Adams Ward">John Quincy Adams Ward</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dcmemorials_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dcmemorials-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is 40 feet (12 m) tall and is the oldest monument in the public garden.<sup id="cite_ref-roadsideamerica_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roadsideamerica-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ether_Monument&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ether_Monument_Close-up.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Ether_Monument_Close-up.JPG/220px-Ether_Monument_Close-up.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Ether_Monument_Close-up.JPG/330px-Ether_Monument_Close-up.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Ether_Monument_Close-up.JPG/440px-Ether_Monument_Close-up.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>Closeup of the top of the monument.</figcaption></figure> <p>The statue depicts a medical doctor in medieval Moorish-Spanish robe and turban—representing a <a href="/wiki/Parable_of_the_Good_Samaritan" title="Parable of the Good Samaritan">Good Samaritan</a><sup id="cite_ref-npr2006_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-npr2006-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—who holds the drooping body of an almost naked man on his left knee. The doctor holds in his right hand a cloth, suggesting the use of ether that would be developed in centuries to come.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The anachronistic use of a Moorish doctor was probably intentional and served to avoid choosing sides in a debate that was raging at the time over who should receive credit for the first use of ether as an anesthetic.<sup id="cite_ref-roadsideamerica_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roadsideamerica-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A handful of individuals had claimed credit for the discovery of anesthesia, most notably <a href="/wiki/William_T._G._Morton" title="William T. G. Morton">William T. G. Morton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Crawford_Long" title="Crawford Long">Crawford Long</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-fenster_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fenster-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Inscriptions">Inscriptions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ether_Monument&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Inscriptions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:EtherMmnt1.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/EtherMmnt1.JPG/100px-EtherMmnt1.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/EtherMmnt1.JPG/150px-EtherMmnt1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/EtherMmnt1.JPG/200px-EtherMmnt1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:EtherMmnt2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/EtherMmnt2.JPG/100px-EtherMmnt2.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/EtherMmnt2.JPG/150px-EtherMmnt2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/EtherMmnt2.JPG/200px-EtherMmnt2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:EtherMmnt4.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/EtherMmnt4.JPG/100px-EtherMmnt4.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/EtherMmnt4.JPG/150px-EtherMmnt4.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/EtherMmnt4.JPG/200px-EtherMmnt4.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ether_Monument_-_Boston_Public_Garden_-_Boston,_MA_-_DSC08107.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Ether_Monument_-_Boston_Public_Garden_-_Boston%2C_MA_-_DSC08107.JPG/100px-Ether_Monument_-_Boston_Public_Garden_-_Boston%2C_MA_-_DSC08107.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Ether_Monument_-_Boston_Public_Garden_-_Boston%2C_MA_-_DSC08107.JPG/150px-Ether_Monument_-_Boston_Public_Garden_-_Boston%2C_MA_-_DSC08107.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Ether_Monument_-_Boston_Public_Garden_-_Boston%2C_MA_-_DSC08107.JPG/200px-Ether_Monument_-_Boston_Public_Garden_-_Boston%2C_MA_-_DSC08107.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="5472" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ether_Monument_-_Boston_Public_Garden_-_Boston,_MA_-_DSC08111.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Ether_Monument_-_Boston_Public_Garden_-_Boston%2C_MA_-_DSC08111.JPG/100px-Ether_Monument_-_Boston_Public_Garden_-_Boston%2C_MA_-_DSC08111.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Ether_Monument_-_Boston_Public_Garden_-_Boston%2C_MA_-_DSC08111.JPG/150px-Ether_Monument_-_Boston_Public_Garden_-_Boston%2C_MA_-_DSC08111.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Ether_Monument_-_Boston_Public_Garden_-_Boston%2C_MA_-_DSC08111.JPG/200px-Ether_Monument_-_Boston_Public_Garden_-_Boston%2C_MA_-_DSC08111.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3529" data-file-height="5015" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>At the base of the statue are inscriptions explaining the significance of the discovery of the use of ether as an anesthetic. There are four inscriptions, which include biblical quotations from <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Isaiah#Chapter_28" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Isaiah">Isaiah 28:29</a> and <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Revelation#Chapter_21" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Revelation">Revelation 21:4</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-dcmemorials_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dcmemorials-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>*To commemorate that the inhaling of ether causes insensibility to pain. First proved to the world at the Mass. General Hospital in Boston, October A.D. MDCCCXLVI<sup id="cite_ref-massmoments_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-massmoments-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><ul><li>This also cometh forth from the Lord of Hosts which is wonderful and excellent in working. <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Isaiah" title="Book of Isaiah">Isaiah</a>.</li> <li>In gratitude for the relief of human suffering by the inhaling of ether a citizen of Boston has erected this monument A.D. MDCCCLXVII.</li> <li>Neither shall there be any more pain. <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Revelation" title="Book of Revelation">Rev.</a></li></ul></blockquote> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ether_Monument&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ether_Monument&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2011</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_General_Hospital" title="Massachusetts General Hospital">Massachusetts General Hospital</a>, where this procedure took place, is located about a 15-minute walk from the site of the monument. The operating theater at MGH where the experiment took place was renamed the <a href="/wiki/Ether_Dome" title="Ether Dome">Ether Dome</a>. It is now a National Historic Landmark.<sup id="cite_ref-massmoments_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-massmoments-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several books have been written about this specific event.<sup id="cite_ref-fenster_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fenster-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The monument was erected in 1868.<sup id="cite_ref-npr2006_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-npr2006-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was restored and rededicated in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-npr2006_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-npr2006-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-massmoments_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-massmoments-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Upkeep">Upkeep</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ether_Monument&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Upkeep"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As an outdoor monument in an area with a harsh climate, the structure has needed regular upkeep and repair. One source of revenue for upkeep of the monument has been income from R. A. Ortega's <i>Written in Granite: An Illustrated History of the Ether Monument</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-ortega_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ortega-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which is available only by making a donation of at least $100 through the Friends of the Public Garden<sup id="cite_ref-fopg_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fopg-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which goes to a fund devoted to preserving the monument for the future.<sup id="cite_ref-bja_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bja-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ether_Monument&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-mit-museum-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-mit-museum_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web.mit.edu/museum/ware/ware_bio.html">"William Robert Ware"</a>. 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Garfield Monument">James A. Garfield Monument</a> (1887)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Goodale_Monument" title="Lincoln Goodale Monument">Lincoln Goodale Monument</a></i> (1888)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Henry_Ward_Beecher_Monument" title="Henry Ward Beecher Monument">Henry Ward Beecher Monument</a></i> (1891)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Melville_Ward" title="Edgar Melville Ward">Edgar Melville Ward</a> (brother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ward_(frontiersman)" title="William Ward (frontiersman)">William Ward</a> (grandfather)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Q.A._Ward_House" title="John Q.A. Ward House">John Q.A. Ward House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Sculpture_Society" title="National Sculpture Society">National Sculpture Society</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Public_art_in_Boston117" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Public_art_in_Boston" title="Template:Public art in Boston"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Public_art_in_Boston" title="Template talk:Public art in Boston"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Public_art_in_Boston" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Public art in Boston"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Public_art_in_Boston117" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_public_art_in_Boston" title="List of public art in Boston">Public art in Boston</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Works</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align: left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_the_Great_Spirit" title="Appeal to the Great Spirit">Appeal to the Great Spirit</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Nurses_Memorial" title="Army Nurses Memorial">Army Nurses Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Fiedler_Memorial" title="Arthur Fiedler Memorial">Arthur Fiedler Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagheera_Fountain" title="Bagheera Fountain">Bagheera Fountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beacon_Hill_Monument" title="Beacon Hill Monument">Beacon Hill Monument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_Common_Tablet" title="Boston Common Tablet">Boston Common Tablet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_Irish_Famine_Memorial" title="Boston Irish Famine Memorial">Boston Irish Famine Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_Massacre_Monument" title="Boston Massacre Monument">Boston Massacre Monument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_Public_Garden_Flagpole_Base" title="Boston Public Garden Flagpole Base">Boston Public Garden Flagpole Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_Women%27s_Memorial" title="Boston Women's Memorial">Boston Women's Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boy_and_Bird_Fountain" title="Boy and Bird Fountain">Boy and Bird Fountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brewer_Fountain" title="Brewer Fountain">Brewer Fountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bust_of_Patrick_Collins" title="Bust of Patrick Collins">Bust of Patrick Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bust_of_Richard_Cushing" title="Bust of Richard Cushing">Bust of Richard Cushing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Eliot_Memorial" title="Charles Eliot Memorial">Charles Eliot Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlestown_Civil_War_Memorial" title="Charlestown Civil War Memorial">Charlestown Civil War Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlestown_Vietnam_Veterans_Memorial" title="Charlestown Vietnam Veterans Memorial">Charlestown Vietnam Veterans Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/China_Trade_Gate" title="China Trade Gate">China Trade Gate</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/City_Carpet" title="City Carpet">City Carpet</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Death_and_the_Sculptor" title="Death and the Sculptor">Death and the Sculptor</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Declaration_of_Independence_Tablet" title="Declaration of Independence Tablet">Declaration of Independence Tablet</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Donkey_(statue)" title="Democratic Donkey (statue)">Democratic Donkey</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dolphins_of_the_Sea" title="Dolphins of the Sea">Dolphins of the Sea</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorchester_Heights_Monument" title="Dorchester Heights Monument">Dorchester Heights Monument</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Echo_of_the_Waves" title="Echo of the Waves">Echo of the Waves</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Upton_Curtis_Memorial" title="Edwin Upton Curtis Memorial">Edwin Upton Curtis Memorial</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Emancipation_(sculpture)" title="Emancipation (sculpture)">Emancipation</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emancipation_Memorial_(Boston)" title="Emancipation Memorial (Boston)">Emancipation Memorial</a>†</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Embrace" title="The Embrace">The Embrace</a></i></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ether Monument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firemen%27s_Memorial_(Boston)" title="Firemen's Memorial (Boston)">Firemen's Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Founders_Memorial" title="The Founders Memorial">The Founders Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Robert_White_Memorial" title="George Robert White Memorial">George Robert White Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Thorndike_Angell_Memorial" title="George Thorndike Angell Memorial">George Thorndike Angell Memorial</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Harbor_Fog" title="Harbor Fog">Harbor Fog</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hotel_Vendome_Fire_Memorial" title="Hotel Vendome Fire Memorial">Hotel Vendome Fire Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_Memorial" title="Hungarian Revolution Memorial">Hungarian Revolution Memorial</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Indian_Hunter_(Manship)" title="Indian Hunter (Manship)">Indian Hunter</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_J._and_Helen_Storrow_Memorial" title="James J. and Helen Storrow Memorial">James J. and Helen Storrow Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_Lantern_(Boston)" title="Japanese Lantern (Boston)">Japanese Lantern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Barry_Tablet" title="John Barry Tablet">John Barry Tablet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Boyle_O%27Reilly_Memorial" title="John Boyle O'Reilly Memorial">John Boyle O'Reilly Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lotta_Fountain" title="Lotta Fountain">Lotta Fountain</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Make_Way_for_Ducklings_(sculpture)" title="Make Way for Ducklings (sculpture)">Make Way for Ducklings</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvin_E._Goody_Memorial" title="Marvin E. Goody Memorial">Marvin E. Goody Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Fallen_Firefighters_Memorial" title="Massachusetts Fallen Firefighters Memorial">Massachusetts Fallen Firefighters Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Korean_War_Memorial" title="Massachusetts Korean War Memorial">Massachusetts Korean War Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Law_Enforcement_Memorial" title="Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial">Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_England_Holocaust_Memorial" title="New England Holocaust Memorial">New England Holocaust Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_North_Memorial_Garden" title="Old North Memorial Garden">Old North Memorial Garden</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Once_and_Future_Shoreline" title="A Once and Future Shoreline">A Once and Future Shoreline</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oneida_Football_Club_Monument" title="Oneida Football Club Monument">Oneida Football Club Monument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkman_Plaza" title="Parkman Plaza">Parkman Plaza</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Partisans_(sculpture)" title="The Partisans (sculpture)">The Partisans</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_Memorial_(Boston)" title="Pope John Paul II Memorial (Boston)">Pope John Paul II Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Gould_Shaw_Memorial" title="Robert Gould Shaw Memorial">Robert Gould Shaw Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Small_Child_Fountain" title="Small Child Fountain">Small Child Fountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soldiers_and_Sailors_Monument_(Boston)" title="Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Boston)">Soldiers and Sailors Monument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statler_Fountain" title="Statler Fountain">Statler Fountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_Bell_(Boston)" title="Temple Bell (Boston)">Temple Bell</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thermopylae_(sculpture)" title="Thermopylae (sculpture)">Thermopylae</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Teammates_(statue)" title="The Teammates (statue)">The Teammates</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Tortoise_and_the_Hare_(sculpture)" title="The Tortoise and the Hare (sculpture)">The Tortoise and the Hare</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triton_Babies_Fountain" title="Triton Babies Fountain">Triton Babies Fountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_War_I_Memorial_(Boston)" title="World War I Memorial (Boston)">World War I Memorial</a></li> <li>World War II Memorial <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II_Memorial_(Charlestown,_Boston)" title="World War II Memorial (Charlestown, Boston)">Charlestown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II_Memorial_(Fenway%E2%80%93Kenmore,_Boston)" title="World War II Memorial (Fenway–Kenmore, Boston)">Fenway–Kenmore</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Portraitstatues20" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Portrait<br />statues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Aristides_(Boston)" title="Statue of Aristides (Boston)">Aristides</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Red_Auerbach" title="Statue of Red Auerbach">Red Auerbach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_William_Francis_Bartlett" title="Statue of William Francis Bartlett">William Francis Bartlett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Phillips_Brooks" title="Statue of Phillips Brooks">Phillips Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Robert_Burns_(Boston)" title="Statue of Robert Burns (Boston)">Robert Burns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Thomas_Cass" title="Statue of Thomas Cass">Thomas Cass</a></li> <li>Christopher Columbus <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Christopher_Columbus_(Beacon_Hill,_Boston)" title="Statue of Christopher Columbus (Beacon Hill, Boston)">Beacon Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Christopher_Columbus_(North_End,_Boston)" title="Statue of Christopher Columbus (North End, Boston)">North End</a>†</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_William_Ellery_Channing" title="Statue of William Ellery Channing">William Ellery Channing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_John_Singleton_Copley" title="Statue of John Singleton Copley">John Singleton Copley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statues_of_James_Michael_Curley" title="Statues of James Michael Curley">James Michael Curley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Tony_DeMarco" title="Statue of Tony DeMarco">Tony DeMarco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Charles_Devens_(Boston)" title="Statue of Charles Devens (Boston)">Charles Devens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Mary_Dyer" title="Statue of Mary Dyer">Mary Dyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_John_Endecott" title="Statue of John Endecott">John Endecott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Leif_Erikson_(Boston)" title="Statue of Leif Erikson (Boston)">Leif Erikson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Edward_Everett" title="Statue of Edward Everett">Edward Everett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_David_Farragut_(Boston)" title="Statue of David Farragut (Boston)">David Farragut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Benjamin_Franklin_(Boston)" title="Statue of Benjamin Franklin (Boston)">Benjamin Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_William_Lloyd_Garrison" title="Statue of William Lloyd Garrison">William Lloyd Garrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_John_Glover" title="Statue of John Glover">John Glover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Edward_Everett_Hale" title="Statue of Edward Everett Hale">Edward Everett Hale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Alexander_Hamilton_(Boston)" title="Statue of Alexander Hamilton (Boston)">Alexander Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equestrian_statue_of_Joseph_Hooker" title="Equestrian statue of Joseph Hooker">Joseph Hooker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Anne_Hutchinson" title="Statue of Anne Hutchinson">Anne Hutchinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_John_F._Kennedy_(Boston)" title="Statue of John F. Kennedy (Boston)">John F. Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Tadeusz_Ko%C5%9Bciuszko_(Boston)" title="Statue of Tadeusz Kościuszko (Boston)">Tadeusz Kościuszko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Henry_Cabot_Lodge" title="Statue of Henry Cabot Lodge">Henry Cabot Lodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Horace_Mann" title="Statue of Horace Mann">Horace Mann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Samuel_Eliot_Morison" title="Statue of Samuel Eliot Morison">Samuel Eliot Morison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Bobby_Orr" title="Statue of Bobby Orr">Bobby Orr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_George_S._Patton_(Boston)" title="Statue of George S. Patton (Boston)">George S. Patton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Wendell_Phillips" title="Statue of Wendell Phillips">Wendell Phillips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_William_Prescott" title="Statue of William Prescott">William Prescott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Josiah_Quincy_III" title="Statue of Josiah Quincy III">Josiah Quincy III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equestrian_statue_of_Paul_Revere" title="Equestrian statue of Paul Revere">Paul Revere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Bill_Russell" title="Statue of Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Domingo_Faustino_Sarmiento" title="Statue of Domingo Faustino Sarmiento">Domingo Faustino Sarmiento</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Charles_Sumner_(Boston)" title="Statue of Charles Sumner (Boston)">Charles Sumner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Maurice_J._Tobin" title="Statue of Maurice J. Tobin">Maurice J. Tobin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_David_I._Walsh" title="Statue of David I. Walsh">David I. 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