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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Quinn, Edmond Thomas,     Roman Bronze Works,     Rockport Granite Company,     History -- United States     Portrait male -- Pemberton, John C.     Occupation -- Military     Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Vicksburg     Sculpture

Lieut. General John C. Pemberton, (sculpture). Artist:  Quinn, Edmond Thomas, 1869-1929, sculptor. (possibly by) Roman Bronze Works, founder. Rockport Granite Company, fabricator. Title:  Lieut. General John C. Pemberton, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1917. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figure: bronze; Base: grey and black granite. Dimensions:  Figure: approx. 8 ft. x 28 in. x 24 in.; Base: approx. 60 x 50 x 50 in. Inscription:  QVINN SC 1917 ROMAN BRONZE WORKS NY (Front plinth of figure, incised:) PEMBERTON (Bronze plaque on upper front of base:) JOHN C. PEMBERTON/LT. GENERAL C.S.ARMY COMMANDING DEPARTMENT OF/MISS. AND EAST LOUISIANA/--/CADET U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY 1833/2ND LT. 4TH ART. JULY FIRST 1837/FIRST LT. MAR. NINETEENTH 1842/CAPTAIN SEPTEMBER SIXTEENTH 1850/RESIGNED APRIL TWENTY-FOURTH 1861/MAJOR GENERAL FEB. 13 1862/TO RANK FROM JAN. FOURTEENTH 1862/LT. GEN. OCT. THIRTEENTH 1862/TO RANK FROM JAN. FOURTEENTH 1862/LT. GEN. OCT. THIRTEENTH 1862/TO RANK FROM OCTOBER TENTH 1862 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton stands dressed in military uniform, with a mustache and beard. He wears a broad-rimmed hat, gloves, and knee-length boots, his proper right hand touching the belt of his buttoned, knee-length coat. The figure is placed on top of a two-sectioned base with an inscribed plaque on the upper front, set upon a foundation. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Portrait male -- Pemberton, John C. -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- Lieutenant General Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Vicksburg Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia Administered by Vicksburg National Military Park, 3201 Clay Street, Box 349, Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180 Located Vicksburg National Military Park, Confederate Avenue, south of Mississippi Memorial, Vicksburg, Mississippi Remarks:  Commemorates Civil War Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton. The monument is on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures (LCS no. 07256). IAS files contain a copy of the LCS report form. Bronze cost $2,600 and pedestal cost $280 paid by Federal Government. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MS7111, 1989. Vicksburg National Military Park, 1988. 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 MS000282   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MS000282 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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