Colby College Lion Monument (Carmel, Maine)

Colby College Lion Monument (Carmel, Maine)

The Weeping Lion statue was originally installed on the second floor of Colby College Memorial Hall, situated on the old campus. The marble statue, and its accompanying plaque, is dedicated to those students and graduates from Colby College who served and died for the Union. The statue is a replica of the Lion of Lucerne, located in Switzerland, which was designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen and dedicated to the Swiss Guard who were massacred in 1792 during the French Revolution. The erection of the college statue in Colby Memorial Hall was overseen and funded by Professor Charles E. Hamlin, and the monument was designed and created by Marin Millmore of Boston. It was dedicated during the commencement of 1871. However, the college campus was moved during the 20th century, and the statue was later moved in 1962 before the destruction of the old campus in 1966. It can now be found in the Miller Library on Mayflower Hill.

Martin Millmore of Boston

american,visualworkssculpture

Conall Treen

English / Latin

Site

1997

1870-01-01

1871-01-01

2.4384m x 0m x 0.9905999999999999m

current,44.564088,-69.663133;previous1,44.557266,-69.628215;

Martin Millmore of Boston

United States

Colby College Lion Monument

https://www.colby.edu/libraries/

TEXT

https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Colby_College_Lion_Monument_

Educational / College

libraries@colby.edu

207-859-5100

10am - 11pm

Statue - animals

Colby College

Professor Charles E Hamlin

Colby College

Marble

Fratribus / Etiam in cinetibus caris / Quorum nomina lnpra lncisa sunt / Quique in Bella Civile / Pro Respublicae Integretate Ceciderunt. / Hunc Tabulam / Posuerunt Alumni Includes list of names

Colby College Libraries

NA

Maine

Kennebec County

Union

Carmel