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Leimbach, Auguste,
History -- United States
Figure group -- Family
Dress -- Historic
Object -- Weapon
Allegory -- Life
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Richmond
Sculpture
Madonna of the Trail, (sculpture).
Artist:
Leimbach, Auguste, 1882-1965, sculptor.
Title:
Madonna of the Trail, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Pioneer Mother, (sculpture).
Dates:
Copyrighted 1928. Dedicated Oct. 28, 1928. Rededicated Oct. 29, 1988.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: algonite; Base: algonite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 9 ft. x 48 in. x 48 in.; Base: approx. 6 ft. x 85 in. x 85 in.
Inscription:
(Front of base:) MADONNA OF THE TRAIL (Front of base:) (DAR insignia) N.S.D.A.R. MEMORIAL/TO THE/PIONEER MOTHERS/OF THE/COVERED WAGON DAYS. (One side of base:) THE FIRST TOLLGATE/IN INDIANA/STOOD NEAR THIS SITE/ON THE NATIONAL ROAD (Rear of base:) THE NATIONAL/OLD TRAIL ROAD (Other side of base:) A NATION'S HIGHWAY/ONCE A WILDERNESS TRAIL/OVER WHICH HARDY PIONEERS/MADE THEIR PERILOUS WAY/SEEKING NEW HOMES/IN THE DENSE FORESTS/OF THE GREAT NORTHWEST unsigned
Description:
A full-length, standing female figure, in pioneer clothing, with a long dress, boots, a sunbonnet, and a shawl. In her proper left arm she holds an infant and in her proper right hand she holds the top of the barrel of a rifle, the butt of which rests on the ground. A little boy is at her side, with his proper left hand on the rifle and his proper right hand holding the front of her dress. At the figures' feet is a bed of cactus and large leaves.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Westward Expansion
Figure group -- Family -- Mother & Child
Dress -- Historic -- Pioneer Dress
Object -- Weapon -- Gun
Allegory -- Life -- Womanhood
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Richmond
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Richmond, Parks & Recreation Department, 50 North 5th Street, Richmond, Indiana 47374
Located Glen Miller Park, U.S. 40, north side, Richmond, Indiana
Remarks:
The statue is one of twelve similar monuments erected and funded by the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution in each of twelve states through which the National Old Trails Road or Cumberland Road passes. Each sculpture cost $1,000. IAS files contain clipping from Indianapolis Star, Oct. 21, 1928.
(Metal plaque on ground in front of base:) MADONNA OF THE TRAIL/PRESENTED AND DEDICATED/OCTOBER 28, 1928 BY THE/NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS/OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION/RESTORED 1988 BY THE/INDIANA DAUGHTERS/OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION/STATE REGENT/MRS. ROBERT PAUL REHL/REDEDICATED OCTOBER 29, 1988.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Indianapolis Star, Oct. 21, 1928.
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 IN000459
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