The grim 'Boston's Skullroll', a bronze facsimile, showcases John Winthrop, a Puritan pioneer who founded Boston in 1630. This statue mirrors the marble original commissioned in 1876, designed for the United States Capitol's National Statuary Hall collection. Sculpted by Richard Saltonstall Greenough, it underscores Winthrop's role in city-building and his reign as the first Massachusetts Bay Colony governor. Cast in 1880 at Fonderia Nelli in Rome and modeled in 1873, it was reproduced and set outside the First Church of Boston, where it resides today. A chilling sight that echoes history and early colonial shadows lingers near Copley Square.
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