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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Fulmer, Clydetta,     Humphries, Charles,     Clemmons, Charlie,     PHJ Architecture,     Mengel Art Foundry,     History -- United States     Portrait male -- Montgomery, Lemuel Purnell     Occupation -- Military     Occupation -- Law     Dress -- Uniform     Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Montgomery     Sculpture

Major Lemuel Purnell Montgomery, (sculpture). Artist:  Fulmer, Clydetta, sculptor. Humphries, Charles, architect. Clemmons, Charlie, landscape architect. PHJ Architecture, architectural firm. Mengel Art Foundry, founder. Title:  Major Lemuel Purnell Montgomery, (sculpture). Dates:  1985. Cast Nov. 4, 1986. Dedicated May 10, 1987. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figure: bronze with patina; Base: granite on concrete. Dimensions:  Figure: approx. 73 x 21 x 42 in.; Base: approx. 21 1/2 x 37 3/4 x 45 in. Inscription:  (Rear top of proper right boot:) Clydetta Fulmer/1985 (Plaque on front of base, raised:) MAJOR LEMUEL PURNELL MONTGOMERY/1786-1814/BRILLIANT LAWYER, VALIANT SOLDIER, IN WHOSE/HONOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ALABAMA WAS NAMED signed Description:  Major Lemuel Purnell Montgomery, 1786-1814, stands in military uniform, his proper left foot bent and resting on a rectangular piece. He wears calf-length boots with spurs, a belt with a buckle with an eagle design on it, and a buttoned, high-collared jacket with epaulets. A sword is held by a scabbard attached to his proper left hip and his proper right arm comes across his chest and holds its handle. The proper left hand grabs the lower part of the scabbard. The figure is mounted upon square base with a plaque on its sloped front. Subject:  History -- United States -- War of 1812 Portrait male -- Montgomery, Lemuel Purnell -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- Major Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Montgomery Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Montgomery County Board of Commissioners, 100 South Lawrence Street, Montgomery, Alabama 36104 Located Montgomery County Courthouse, 251 South Lawrence Street, Montgomery, Alabama Remarks:  Figure was publicly commissioned. Major Montgomery was an officer in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812 and he was killed at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, Tallapoosa County, Alabama in 1814. Montgomery County, Alabama, was named after Major Montgomery. Montgomery was also a lawyer. IAS files contain a related article from the Alabama Journal, May 26, 1987, pg. 1, 4. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Alabama Journal, May 26, 1987, pg. 1. 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 AL000283   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AL000283 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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