Boston Common Tablet

Boston Common Tablet
The tablet in 2016
Location	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Coordinates	42.356626°N 71.062231°W / 42.356626; -71.062231

Boston Common Tablet is a 1913 sculpture by R. Clipston Sturgis, installed at Boston Common in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[1]

Description and history

The slate and granite tablet is installed near the intersection of Park and Tremont streets, and measures approximately 15 x 5 x 20 ft. An inscription reads:

In or about / the year of our Lord / One thousand six hundred / thirty and four / the then present inhabitants / of Town of Boston of whom / the Honble(sic) John Winthrop Esqr. / Govnr. of the Colony was chiefe(sic) / did treate(sic) and agree with / Mr. William Blackstone / for the purchase of his / Estate and rights in any / Lands lying within said / neck of Land called / Boston / after which purchase the / Town laid out a plan for / a trayning(sic) field which ever / since and now is used for / that purpose and for / feeding of cattell(sic) / The deposition of John Odlin and others Concerning / the sale of Blackstone's land known as Boston Common.[1]

The artwork was surveyed as part of the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in 1997.[1]

See also

• 1913 in art

References

1. "Boston Common Tablet, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on October 2, 2023. Retrieved October 20, 2019.

External links

• Media related to Boston Common Tablet at Wikimedia Commons