Bust of Oliver P. Morton, (sculpture).

Bust of Oliver P. Morton, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Bust of Oliver P. Morton, (sculpture).

Commissioned mid 1900s.

Sculpture: approx. 36 x 26 x 19 in.; Base: approx. 65 x 53 x 39 in.

(Front of base, raised lettering:) OLIVER PERRY MORTON/AUGUST 4, 1823/NOVEMBER 1, 1887./--/HE LOVED HIS COUNTRY'S GOOD, WITH/A RESPECT MORE TENDER, MORE HOLY AND PROFOUND,/THAN HIS OWN LIFE./MORTON unsigned

A bust of Oliver Perry Morton with a receding hair, a moustache and full beard. He is wearing nineteenth century attire with a jacket and a bow tie. The sculpture is mounted upon a rectangular, graduated base with scrolled sides.

Portrait male -- Morton, Oliver Perry -- Bust

Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Indianapolis

Crown Hill Cemetery, 700 West 38th Street, Lot 37, Section 9, Indianapolis, Indiana 46208

The sculpture was commissioned by the Daughters of the American Revolution in the mid 1900s as a tribute to a well-known Indiana governor and senator. Oliver Perry Morton (1823-1877) was responsible for sending supplies to Indiana soldiers on the Civil War battlefields. His skill in slashing red tape made Indiana troops among the best furnished during the war. Morton was also a cofounder of the Republican Party.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1994.

Inventory staff, 2000.

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.

Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

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