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    		• Murray, Samuel,
     
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    		• Cottrell, W. Liance,
     
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    		• Harrison Granite Company,
     
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    		• Allegory -- Other
     
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    		• Allegory -- Civic
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg
     
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    The Pennsylvania State Memorial: Goddess of Victory and Peace, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Murray, Samuel, 1870-1941, sculptor.
    Cottrell, W. Liance, architect.
    Harrison Granite Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    The Pennsylvania State Memorial: Goddess of Victory and Peace, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Goddess of Victory and Peace, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Memorial begun: 1909. Memorial dedicated Sept. 27, 1910. Military statues installed April 1913. Memorial rededicated: July 4, 1913.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Statue: bronze; Memorial: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Statue: approx. H. 21 ft.; Memorial: approx. H. 100 ft. x W. 100 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On memorial: ninety bronze tablets listing the names of every Pennsylvanian who fought at Gettysburg)
    Description: 
    The Pennsylvania State Memorial consists of four huge archways topped by a dome adorned with a bronze female figure representing the Goddess of Victory and Peace. In her proper right hand she holds up a sword and in her proper left hand she holds a palm leaf of peace. Above each archway are granite monoliths containing battle scenes honoring the four branches of the service. And in the spandrels flanking each archway are classical maidens, each holding either a trumpet or a wreath of victory. Eight bronze statues of military figures are installed in niches on either side of the archways.
    Subject: 
    Allegory -- Other -- Triumph
    Allegory -- Civic -- Peace
    Figure female -- Full length
    Object -- Weapon -- Sword
    Object -- Foliage -- Palm
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia
    Administered by Gettysburg National Military Park, 97 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325
    Located Gettysburg National Military Park, Hancock, Pleasanton & Humphrey Avenues, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325
    Remarks: 
    In 1907, $150,000 was appropriated to erect a suitable memorial to honor all Pennsylvanians who participated in the battle at Gettysburg. The design submitted by architect W. Liance Cottrell was selected and the Harrison Granite Company was chosen to execute the design. Construction on the memorial began in the summer of 1909. However, at the time of the dedication on Sept. 27, 1910, the eight portrait statues Cottrell envisioned for the niches on either side of each archway were missing due to the lack of funds. In the year following the dedication, an additional $40,000 as appropriated to create the statues, and the Van Amringe Granite Company was given the contract. The statues were cast at the Gorham Manufacturing Company and were installed in April of 1913. The total cost for the memorial was $200,000.
    The figure representing the Goddess of Victory and Peace weighs 7,500 lbs. and was cast with bronze melted down from cannons used in the war. Samuel Murray created not only the Goddess of Victory and Peace, but also the monolith and spandrel reliefs. The memorial is listed on the National Park Service, List of Classified Structures (referred to as MN 260) and is referenced in the Gettysburg National Military Park Archives, vol. 2. IAS files contain an excerpt from Frederick W. Hawthorne's "Gettysburg: Stories of Men and Monuments" Association of Licensed Battlefield Guides, 1988
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    Gettysburg Battlefield.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
    Dupre, Judith, "Monuments: America's History in Art and Memory," New York, NY: Random House, Inc., 2007, pg. 40.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Monumental News, Aug. 1913, pg. 552-553, cover.
    Dupre, Judith, "Monuments: America's History in Art and Memory," New York, NY: Random House, Inc., 2007, pg. 40.
    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 77001106
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