Login
My List - 0
Help
Search
Search Images
About
Keyword
Browse
Combined
Highlights
Search History
All Catalogs
Search:
Artist Browse
Title Browse
Subject Browse
Object Type Browse
Owner Browse
Refine Search
Return to results
> You are only searching:
Art Inventories
More Smithsonian Searches
Who else has...
Little, Milton,
Strassacker Bronze,
Oglethorpe Marble and Granite Company,
History -- United States
History -- United States
Animal -- Bird
Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Savannah
Sculpture
Chatham Artillery Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Little, Milton, designer.
Strassacker Bronze, founder.
Oglethorpe
Marble
and
Granite
Company
,
fabricator
.
Title:
Chatham Artillery Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
1984-1986. Dedicated May 4, 1986.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: gray
granite
.
Dimensions:
Overall: approx. H. 11 ft.; Sculpture: approx. W. 4 ft. x D. 4 ft.; Base: approx. 7 x 7 x 7 ft.; Foundation: approx. W. 10 ft. x D. 10 ft.
Inscription:
(Front of base, incised lettering:) CHATHAM ARTILLERY/1786/DEDICATED MAY 4, 1986/TO HONOR THE MEMBERS OF THE/CHATHAM ARTILLERY/SERVANTS OF GOD, COUNTRY,/STATE AND COMMUNITY/SOLDIERS IN WAR/PATRIOTS IN PEACE (Back of base, incised lettering:) COMMANDERS - PRESIDENTS/(list of forty-five names with service dates follows, beginning with Edward Lloyd 1790)/(continuation of eight names on
granite
ground slab, ending with John C. Knight, 1994) (East side of base, incised lettering:) CHATHAM HISTORY 1786-1886/ORGANIZED MAY 1, 1786 (lengthy historical transcription follows) (West side of base:) CHATHAM HISTORY 1886-1986/(lengthy historical transcription follows) unsigned
Description:
A bronze eagle with its wings spread is mounted on a tapered, polished
granite
shaft. The shaft is set on a two-tiered, rough-edged
granite
base. The sculpture is enclosed by a circular iron fence.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Military history
History -- United States -- Georgia
Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Savannah
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Savannah, Park & Tree Department, P. O. Box 1027, Savannah, Georgia 31402
Located Emmett Park, Bay Street at Price Street, Savannah, Georgia
Remarks:
The monument was erected by the Chatham Artillery, a volunteer militia group of Savannah, Georgia, organized in 1786. It commemorates the 200th anniversary of the organization, as well as the soldiers who served with it. The
granite
shaft was designed by Milton Little of
Oglethorpe
Marble
and
Granite
Company
of Savannah. The bronze eagle was a stock item, supplied by Strassacker Bronze. The design of the monument was inspired by the 101st Airborne Memorial (see IAS DC000205) in Arlington National Cemetery. The height of the monument was subject to a height limitation placed on Emmett Park monuments by the Savannah Park and Tree Commission. IAS files contain: a partial transcription of names on front of base; a full transcription of inscriptions on sides of base; an excerpt from a report for the Savannah Park and Tree Department entitled "The Monuments and Fountains of Savannah" by Dorothy H. Stewart, June 1993, pg. 577-578.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994.
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 GA000628
Copy/Holding information
Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
GA000628
Add Copy to MyList
Format:
HTML
Plain text
Delimited
Subject:
Email to:
Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382
About
| © 2020 Smithsonian |
Terms of Use
|
Privacy
|
Contact