1922The city of Gloucester set up an artistic competition for a statue to commemorate the 300th anniversary.Arts and Culture, Art

Fishermen’s Memorial, Sawyer Free Library Postcard Collection, NOBLE Digital Heritage, https://digitalheritage.noblenet.org/s/gloucester/item/4637
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The sculptor Leonard Craske won with a figure of a fisherman at the wheel of a sailing vessel, which was his interpretation of a painting by Augustus Buhler. The statue was dedicated on August 23, 1925.

“Studios of Leonard Craske and Milton Avery.” Rocky Neck Historic Art Trail, 16 Jan. 2019, http://trail.rockyneckartcolony.org/index.php/studios-of-leonard-craske-and-milton-avery/.

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