Login
My List - 0
Help
Search
Search Images
About
Keyword
Browse
Combined
Highlights
Search History
All Catalogs
Search:
General Keyword
Artist Keyword
Title Keyword
Subject Keyword
Object Type Keyword
Owner Keyword
Control Number Keyword
Refine Search
Return to results
> You are only searching:
Art Inventories
More Smithsonian Searches
Who else has...
O'Donovan, William Rudolf,
Duncan, John Hemingway,
M. J. Power Bronze Founder,
Portrait male -- Washington, George
Occupation -- Political
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Object -- Weapon
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Newburgh
Sculpture
Tower of Victory: George Washington, (sculpture).
Artist:
O
'Donovan, William Rudolf, 1844-1920, sculptor.
Duncan, John Hemingway, 1855-1929, architect.
M. J. Power Bronze Founder, founder.
Title:
Tower of Victory: George Washington, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
George Washington, (sculpture).
Dates:
1886-1887.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: pink granite; Tower: stone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 78 in.; Bronze base: approx. H. 8 in.
Inscription:
(On front of bronze base, left side:) William Rudolf
O
'Donovan/Fecit 1886-87 (On front of bronze base, right side:) Maurice J. Power/Founder NY (On back of bronze base:) John H. Duncan/Architect signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A standing portrait of George Washington wearing his regimental jacket is in installed on a rectangular granite base just inside the arches of the Tower of Victory. He holds a sword in his proper left hand and rests his proper right hand on the hilt of the sword. The Tower of Victory is a huge stone structure adorned on each corner with bronze figures representing the four branches of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Washington, George -- Full length
Occupation -- Political -- President
Occupation -- Military -- General
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object -- Weapon -- Sword
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Newburgh
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by State of New York, Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation, Palisades Interstate Park Commission, Bear Mountain, New York 10911 Accession Number: WH.1989.72.
Located Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site, 84 Liberty Street, Newburgh, New York 12550
Remarks:
The sculpture was moved to its current location in July 1988.
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.
O
. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS NY001481
Copy/Holding information
Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
NY001481
Add Copy to MyList
Format:
HTML
Plain text
Delimited
Subject:
Email to:
Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382
About
| © 2020 Smithsonian |
Terms of Use
|
Privacy
|
Contact
Login
Help
