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Ball, Thomas,
Couper, William,
Royal Foundry,
Figure female -- Full length
Object -- Foliage
Object -- Foliage
Allegory -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles
Sculpture
Washington Monument: Victory, (sculpture).
Artist:
Ball, Thomas, 1819-1911, sculptor.
Couper, William, 1853-1942, assistant.
Royal Foundry,
founder
.
Title:
Washington Monument: Victory, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Victory, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1870's.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Bronze.
Dimensions:
10 ft. 3 in. x 58 in. x 6 ft. 10 in.
Inscription:
M.O.D. TH. BALL / FUD:
V
.
MILLER
MUNCHEN signed
Founder
's mark appears.
Description:
Component of a monument to Washington. Washington is surrounded by four bronze busts of his four generals. Below that there are four figures with eagles. This component depicts a female figure wearing a laurel wreath. In her left hand she holds a palm branch, in her right she holds a laurel wreath.
Subject:
Figure female -- Full length
Object -- Foliage -- Laurel
Object -- Foliage -- Palm
Allegory -- Other -- Triumph
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles
Sculpture
Owner:
Owned by Forest Lawn Museum, 1712 S. Glendale Avenue, Glendale, California 91205
Located at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, 6300 Forest Lawn Drive, Los Angeles, California 90068
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Searles, Edward, Methuen, Massachusetts 1903-1958.
Exhibitions:
World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893.
Remarks:
Monument modeled in Ball's studio in Italy. Took ten years to complete with the aid of his son-in-law Couper. Brought to America for Columbian Exhibition.
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Forest Lawn Museum, 1991.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MA5107, 1989.
Monumental News, Nov. 1891; March, Oct. 1894.
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 02580029
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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