__NOTOC__ Martin Milmore (1844–1883) was an American sculptor.

Life and career

Martin Milmore was born in

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on September 14, 1844. He immigrated to Boston at age seven, graduated from

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in 1860, took art lessons at the

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, and learned to carve in wood and stone from his older brother Joseph (1841–1886). He entered the studio of Thomas Ball of Charlestown in his early teens and stayed until the mid-1860s. His first sculptures seem to have been cabinet-size busts of

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(New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord) and

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, both modeled from life around 1863. In the 1860s he worked from the Studio Building. By his 20th birthday, Milmore received a commission for three giant figures ("Ceres", "Flora" and "Pomona") for the front of the Horticultural Hall in Boston; the restored versions are now on display at the Elm Bank Horticulture Center. He subsequently designed the Roxbury Soldiers' Monument at

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(1867), the ''American Sphinx'' in

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(1872), the Statue of John Glover on Commonwealth Avenue (1875), the Soldiers and Sailors Monument for the

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(1877), and a bust of Senator

, now displayed in the

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. Milmore died in Boston on July 21, 1883.

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created a memorial tribute entitled '' Death and the Sculptor'' for the grave of Milmore and his brother in Forest Hills Cemetery.Wilson, Susan, ''Garden of Memories: A Guide to Historic Forest Hills'', Forest Hills Educational Trust, 1998 p. 61–62,

Gallery

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References

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External links

United States Senate

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