Notable Art & Monuments

Providence’s only monument to Abraham Lincoln was commissioned by a bequest from jewelry manufacturer Henry W. Harvey in memory of his wife, Georgina.

The Ferdinand II statue was discovered in the ruins of a royal Neopolitan villa.

The Gladiator is a bronze replica of a marble Roman statue that sits today in the Louvre in Paris.

The General Pulaski monument celebrates the Polish “Father of American Cavalry.”

The Haitian Memorial celebrates the Haitian Revolution and Haiti’s independence from colonial France in 1804.

This is Rhode Island’s only monument to this founding father of the Dominican Republic, Juan Pablo Duarte.

The Lions Memorial honors the community service of Rhode Island’s Lions Clubs.

Long Wave is a large-scale helical sculpture exploring motion, perspective, and repetition through a simple, continuous form.

The Marconi Memorial is a tribute to the Italian who is credited for the groundbreaking invention of “wireless telegraphy,” or radio.

The Richard H. Deming Memorial is the only memorial to someone affiliated with the City of Providence.

The Roger Williams Memorial is the first monument of its kind in Roger Williams Park.

The Seal House was built by the Depression-era corps of Federal employees- the Works Progress Administration.

The Sri Chinmoy monument is dedicated to the Indian spiritual leader who founded the World Harmony Run.

The Bandmaster is a tribute to famous musician Bowen Church.

The Eagle is a tribute to the United States’ bicentennial in 1976.

The Falconer was a gift in memory of donor and industrialist Daniel Watson Lyman’s grandfather.

The Pancratiast is a bronze copy of a statue that ornamented the Baths of Constantine.

The Sea Lions are a tribute to the sea lions that once lived in this basin for the public to visit.

The Sentinel is perhaps the Park’s most famous monument.

The Union Soldier is one of Rhode Island’s many monuments to the men who fought to preserve the Union and to end slavery.