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Unknown Confederate Dead, (sculpture). Artist:  Brady, T. M., sculptor. Thorwaldsen, Bertel, 1768-1844, sculptor. (copy after) Georgia Marble Company, contractor. Title:  Unknown Confederate Dead, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Lion of Lucerne, (sculpture). Lion of the South, (sculpture). Lion of Atlanta, (sculpture). Dates:  1894. Installed April 1894. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: white Georgia Kennesaw marble; Base: dark Georgia Kennesaw marble. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 5 x 9 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 3 1/2 x 10 x 5 ft. (30,000 lbs.). Inscription:  (Front right corner of sculpture, beneath lion's tail, incised lettering:) TM BRADY/CANTON GA (Front of base, incised lettering:) UNKNOWN CONFEDERATE DEAD (Bottom rear of sculpture:) Erected by/the Atlanta Ladies Memorial Association 1894 signed Description:  A wounded and dying lion, with spear protruding from its back. The lion lies on a rock atop Confederate flag. His proper right forepaw grasps a cannon ball, partially covered by the flag, and his proper left paw is wrapped in the folds of the flag. Beneath him are several battle muskets and a cavalry sabre. The sculpture is mounted on a rectangular rough-hewn base. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Animal -- Lion State of Being -- Death Object -- Other -- Flag Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Atlanta Gravestone Copy Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Atlanta, Department of Parks, Recreation, & Cultural Affairs, Bureau of Cultural Affairs, 675 Ponce de Leon Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30308 Located Historic Oakland Cemetery, 248 Oakland Avenue, S.E., Atlanta, Georgia Remarks:  The sculpture marks the graves of several hundred unknown Confederate soldiers who died during the Atlanta Campaign in 1864. The idea for the memorial was initiated by the Ladies Memorial Association in Nov. 1892. T. F. Brady was hired to design the work, and marble was ordered from the Georgia Marble Company of Tate, Georgia. The design of the lion is reportedly based on either the "Journal Lion," in Grant Park; or the "Lion of Lucerne," by Thorwaldsen which commemorates the Swiss Guards who were massacred in 1792. IAS files contain a brochure from Oakland Cemetery, compiled by Joan Henderson Young; and an article from The Atlanta Journal, April 21, 1894. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia, Atlanta survey, 1994. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, GA0038, 1989. Monumental News, June 1894, pg. 288. Illustration:  Image on file. Monumental News, June 1894, pg. 288. 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 GA000567   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture GA000567 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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