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Milmore, Martin,
Robert Wood & Company,
Occupation -- Military
Object -- Weapon
History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Chester
Sculpture
(Civil War Soldier), (sculpture).
Artist:
Milmore, Martin, 1844-1883, sculptor.
Robert Wood & Company, founder.
Title:
(Civil War Soldier), (sculpture).
Dates:
Cast 1872. Dedicated Sept. 17, 1873.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft.; Base: approx. H. 7 ft.
Inscription:
R. Wood & Co. Bronze Foundry. Phila. (On front of base:) THE/PEOPLE OF/DELAWARE COUNTY/ERECT THIS MONUMENT/TO COMMEMORATE/THE PATRIOTISM OF THEIR CITIZEN/SOLDIERS AND SAILORS/WHO FELL IN DEFENSE OF/THE UNION DURING/THE WAR OF THE REBELLION OF/1861-5. (On back of base:) FROM/THESE HONORED DEAD/WE TAKE INCREASED DEVOTION TO/THAT CAUSE/FOR WHICH THEY GAVE/THE FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION./LINCOLN AT GETTYSBURG NOV. 19, 1863. Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A standing figure of a Civil War soldier, in uniform, with a cap on his head, holding a rifle vertically. The rifle butt rests on the ground near his proper right foot. He clutches the tip of the barrel in both hands, proper left hand over proper right. He stands at ease and his proper left foot is slightly forward of his proper right foot. He looks down and slightly to the proper right.
Subject:
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Object -- Weapon -- Gun
History -- United States -- Civil War
Figure male -- Full length
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Chester
Sculpture
Owner:
Chester Rural Cemetery, Soldier's Circle, Chester, Pennsylvania
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
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 PA000125
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