Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Wordless Wednesday ~ Deacon Samuel Chapin



Here I am with my 8th great-grandfather, Deacon Samuel Chapin. (See my Surname Saturday post for the lineage.) Thanks to my husband for taking the photograph.

This sculpture, The Puritan, is by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and is in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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7 comments:

  1. Barbara PooleApril 24, 2013 at 10:23 AM

    Nice Elizabeth.

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  2. Heather Wilkinson RojoApril 24, 2013 at 10:55 AM

    I love it! I have a similar photo, there in Springfield and at the MFA, and at the MET in NYC (all have copies of Saint-Gauden's "The Puritan"). Good old grandpa Deacon Sam!

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  3. Pam Seavey SchaffnerApril 24, 2013 at 4:06 PM

    Great picture Elizabeth !

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  4. Karen KApril 24, 2013 at 10:51 PM

    Awesome photo Elizabeth-- quite an imposing fellow, if that likeness is accurate!

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    1. Elizabeth HandlerMay 4, 2013 at 8:28 PM

      Thanks for your comment. If you search, say, Wikipedia, for The Puritan, you can read all about the statue.

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  5. Devon Noel LeeMay 3, 2013 at 9:48 AM

    Sorry I'm late in responding. I love the photo. And Karen is so funny to tease about your likeness to the statue! I think it would be awesome to be near a statue of a relative.

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    1. Elizabeth HandlerMay 4, 2013 at 8:29 PM

      Thanks for your comment. Yes, it was pretty neat to finally visit this statue, which I had known about for quite awhile.

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