Statue of Joseph Warren (Charlestown, Boston)

A statue of Joseph Warren is installed in a lodge adjacent to the Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown, Boston, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.

Statue of Joseph Warren
Artist	Henry Dexter
Year	1857 (1857)
Subject	Joseph Warren
Location	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Coordinates	42.376°N 71.060°W / 42.376; -71.060

Description and history

The statue was sculpted by Henry Dexter based on a portrait of Warren by John Singleton Copley.^[1] It was commissioned during the 1850s, unveiled and dedicated on June 17, 1857, and originally housed in a temporary structure. A permanent granite lodge to house the sculpture was built by the Monument Association at the start of the 20th century.^[2]

References

• United States portal
• Visual arts portal

1. Charlestown (2013-06-19). "Statue of Joseph Warren Re-Dedicated on Bunker Hill Day | Charlestown, MA Patch". Patch.com. Archived from the original on 2019-11-15. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
2. "Bunker Hill Monument - Boston National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)". Nps.gov. Archived from the original on 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2019-12-13.