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    		• Morrison, A. C.,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Plainville
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Plainville Civil War Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Morrison, A. C., sculptor.
    Title: 
    Plainville Civil War Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1903.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. x 19 in. x 19 in.; Base: approx. 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 3 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On lower right corner of base:) A.C. Morrison/Westerly, RI (On front of base:) A GRATEFUL TRIBUTE/TO THE BRAVE MEN OF THE/ARMY AND NAVY/WHO OFFERED THEIR LIVES/IN DEFENCE OF THE/UNION/1861-1865/ERECTED BY/GEO. H. MAINTIEM W.R.C. NO. 74/MDCCCCIII (On back of base:) ON FAMES ETERNAL/CAMPGROUND/THEIR SILENT TENTS ARE/SPREAD/AND GLORY GUARD WITH/SOLEMN SOUND/THE BIVOWAC OF THE DEAD signed
    Description: 
    A standing figure of a Civil War soldier holding his rifle vertically in front of him. Both hands rest on the rifle barrel and the rifle butt rests by his proper right foot. The sculpture stands atop a rough granite base adorned on the front with a relief depicting crossed rifles, a wreath, and a United States shield.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Plainville
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Plainville, Plainville, Massachusetts
    Located Plainville Cemetery, Off Route 1A, Plainville, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    The monument honors those from Plainville who lost their lives in the Civil War.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
    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 MA000767
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