James G. C. Hamilton ( ? ) was an American sculptor active in

Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...

from about 1887-1898. According to ''Artists in Ohio'', he was said to be a graduate of the

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is a museum and private art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Alexander Milne Calder Alexander Milne Calder (August 23, 1846 – June 4, 1923) (MILL-nee) was a Scottish American sculptor best known for the architectural sculpture of Philadelphia City Hall. Both his son, Alexander Stirling Calder, and grandson, Alexander "San ...

for sculptures in the

Philadelphia City Hall Philadelphia City Hall is the seat of the municipal government of the City of Philadelphia. Built in the ornate Second Empire style, City Hall houses the chambers of the Philadelphia City Council and the offices of the Mayor of Philadelphia. It ...

. Hamilton was a

Freemason Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 13th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities ...

as a member of Franklin Ledge #20. His other notable works include: * Monument to 1st New York Independent Battery Light Artillery, "

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's Battery," 1887,

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* Gen.

Moses Cleaveland Moses Cleaveland (January 29, 1754 – November 16, 1806) was an American lawyer, politician, soldier, and surveyor from Connecticut who founded the city of Cleveland, Ohio, while surveying the Connecticut Western Reserve in 1796. During the Ame ...

, 1888,

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* Major John Mason, 1889,

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(

Statue of John Mason A statue of John Mason is installed in Windsor, Connecticut Windsor is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, and was the first English settlement in the state. It lies on the northern border of Connecticut's capital, Hartfor ...

) *

Red Jacket Red Jacket (known as ''Otetiani'' in his youth and ''Sagoyewatha'' eeper Awake''Sa-go-ye-wa-tha'' as an adult because of his oratorical skills) (c. 1750–January 20, 1830) was a Seneca people, Seneca orator and Tribal chief, chief of the Wolf ...

Monument, 1890, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo,

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* Harvey Rice Monument, 1900,

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Hamilton sculpted these works while under contract to the

Smith Granite Company Smith Granite Company In 1845 Orlando Smith discovered a granite outcrop on the property owned by Joshua Babcock in Westerly, Rhode Island, and a year later purchased the site from him. He established a granite quarry shortly thereafter and by ...

of Westerly,

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Works

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Monument, 1890, Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo,

. File:Moses Cleaveland.jpg,

statue, 1888,

Cleveland Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...

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References

Sources

* ''Artists in Ohio, 1787-1900: A Biographical Dictionary'', by Jeffrey Weidman, Oberlin College. Library, Kent State University Press, 2000, page 369

* ''The Monumental News'', Volume 12, 1900, page 275

* ''The Building News and Engineering Journal'', Volume 46, Office for Publication and advertisements, 1884, page 972

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