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    		• Portrait male -- Washington, George
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Animal -- Lion
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Austin
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    George Washington, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Coppini, Pompeo, 1870-1957, sculptor.
    Roman Bronze Works, founder.
    Title: 
    George Washington, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Installed Feb. 1955.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: gray granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 28 in. x 36 in.; Base: approx. 46.75 x 42 x 51 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque bolted to proper left side of sculpture's self-base:) Pompeo Coppini Sc./Feb. 22D 1955 (On proper left side of the back of the self-base:) ROMAN BRONZE WORKS.INC.N.Y. (On front on granite base:) GEORGE WASHINGTON/WHEN MADE/COMMANDER IN CHIEF/OF THE AMERICAN ARMY/OF THE REVOLUTION/ON JULY 3/1775. (On rear of base:) ERECTED BY/THE TEXAS SOCIETY/DAUGHTERS OF THE/AMERICAN REVOLUTION/FEBRUARY 1955 signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Full-length portrait of George Washington, depicted standing, dressed in knee-high boots and close fitting breaches and waistcoat under a military coat. Over all he wears a ground-length cloak and holds a tricorn hat in his proper right hand at his side. His proper left hand tightly grips the hilt of his sword, which is configured as the head of a lion (the national symbol of Britain).
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Washington, George -- Full length
    Occupation -- Political -- President
    Occupation -- Military -- General
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Dress -- Accessory -- Cane
    Animal -- Lion
    Allegory -- Place -- Great Britain
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Austin
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by University of Texas at Austin, President's Office, Main Building, Room 400, P. O. Box T, Austin, Texas 78713
    Located University of Texas at Austin, At head of South Mall, 21st Street between Guadalupe Street & Speedway, in front of Main Building, Austin, Texas 78712
    Remarks: 
    The monument was erected by the Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.). Coppini's inclusion of a cane topped by a lion's head (symbol of Britain) reportedly alludes to the artist's disdain of Britain's colonial aspirations in America. A bronze plaque set in pavement immediately behind the sculpture's base reads: 1732 1932/THE NATIONAL SOCIETY/DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION/IN THE STATE OF TEXAS/FEBRUARY 22ND, 1932/HAS MARKED THIS SITE ON WHICH/WILL BE ERECTED A MONUMENT OF/AFFECTION AND GRATITUDE TO/GEORGE WASHINGTON/WHO, AS FATHER OF OUR COUNTRY, HAS/GIVEN THE WORLD AN IMMORTAL EXAMPLE/OF TRUE GLORY.
    IAS files contain excerpt from Carl J. Eckhardt, ed., "Directory of Outdoor Statuary: The University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX: Univ. of Texas at Austin, Office of Business Affairs, 1988), pg. 63-67.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, Austin survey, 1995.
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Eckhardt, Carl J., ed., "Directory of Outdoor Statuary: The University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX: The Univ. of Texas at Austin, Office of Business Affairs, 1988), pg. 63, 67.
    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 77006153
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