Dignified Resignation, (sculpture).

Dignified Resignation, (sculpture).

Amateis, Louis, 1855-1913, sculptor.

Dignified Resignation, (sculpture).

Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Commissioned 1899. Cast 1911. Dedicated June 3, 1912.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: red granite.

Sculpture: approx. H. 12 ft. x W. 4 ft. x Diam. 16 ft.; Base: approx. H. 10 ft. x W. 8 ft. x Diam. 32 ft.

(On bronze plaque on front of base:) DIGNIFIED RESIGNATION/ERECTED TO THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF/THE/CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA/BY/THE VEUVE JEFFERSON DAVIS CHAPTER NO. 17 UNITED DAUGHTERS OF CONFEDERACY/1911/GALVESTON, TEXAS/'THERE HAS NEVER BEEN AN ARMED FORCE WHICH IN PURITY OF MOTIVES, INTENSITY OF COURAGE AND HEROISM HAS EQUALED THE ARMY AND NAVY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, 1861-65.'/MOLLY R. MACGILL ROSENBERG PRESIDENT/MONUMENT COMMITTEE/MARY THOMPSON SETTLE CHAIRMAN/IDA SMITH AUSTIN/JEAN SCRIMGEOUR MORGAN (On medallion on rear of base:) "The Confederate States of America 22 February 1862 Deo Vindice"

A standing male figure, representing the brave sons of the South, holds a Confederate battle flag over his proper left shoulder and a broken sword in his proper right hand. He wears a shirt, pants and knee-high boots. Behind him is a dismantled cannon with a cannonball balanced on top. An anchor and foliage are under the cannon. On the ground between his feet is a scroll inscribed with "GLORY TO THE DEFEATED." On the rear of the base is a bronze medallion with a horse and rider in the center. The sculpture is set in a circular fountain pool.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Occupation -- Military -- Sailor

Object -- Other -- Flag

Object -- Weapon -- Sword

Object -- Weapon -- Cannon

Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Galveston

Administered by Galveston County, County Judge, 722 Moody, Galveston, Texas 77550

Located Galveston County Courthouse, Courthouse Square, Galveston, Texas

The sculpture was commissioned by the Veuve Jefferson Davis Chapter No. 17 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1899 to honor of the soldiers and sailors who fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War. The United Daughters of Confederacy raised the $6,000 needed to fund the sculpture, which was dedicated on the anniversary of Jefferson Davis' birth. For related reading see the book, "Monuments of Galveston." For related articles see the Galveston Daily News: March 3, 1985, pg. 1-D; and March 22, 1986. IAS files contain a related article from the Galveston Daily News, June 4, 1912, pg. 12.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1993.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, TX2032, 1989.

Monumental News, May 1905, pg. 350.

SOS Assessment Award, 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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