John G. Hardy

John Gabriel Hardy, Senior, (unknown dates) was an American sculptor best known for his memorials to veterans of the American Civil War and World War I. He was active in Providence and Warwick, Rhode Island.

Selected works

• Memorial to Maj. Gen. John Sullivan, c. 1909
• Crozier Presented to Bishop Thomas J. Shahan, c. 1915
• Soldiers Monument, Centredale, Rhode Island, 1919
• "Remembrance Monument", World War I Memorial, Templeton, Massachusetts, 1922
• "Over the Top", World War I Memorial, Warwick, Rhode Island, 1922
• "Carry On", World War I Memorial, North Providence, Rhode Island, 1922
• Lest We Forget", Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Marlborough, Massachusetts, 1923
• Major Thomas McManus Plaque, Hartford, Connecticut, 1923
• "Congressional Medal of Honor (Valor)", Massachusetts State House, 1924

References

• AskArt entry
• Massachusetts Civil War Monuments Projects entry
• Monumental News; Devoted to Monumental and Kindred Interests, Volume 34, pages 164–165.
• The Catholic University Bulletin, Volumes 21–23, page 16.
• American Ecclesiastical Review, Volume 60, unnumbered page.
• The Journal of the American Irish Historical Society..., Volume 8, 1922, page 30.
• Looking Backward Four Score Years, 1845-1925, by Frank Capron Angell, page 142.