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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Bush-Brown, Henry K.,     Van Amringe Granite Company,     History -- United States     Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham     Occupation -- Political     Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg     Sculpture

Lincoln Gettysburg Address Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Bush-Brown, Henry K., 1857-1935, sculptor. Van Amringe Granite Company, fabricator. Title:  Lincoln Gettysburg Address Memorial, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Lincoln Speech Memorial, (sculpture). Lincoln Address Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  1904-1912. Dedicated Jan. 24, 1912. Rededicated Nov. 20, 1967. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: red Westerly granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 2 ft. 9 in. x 1 ft. 6 1/2 in. x 1 ft. 3 in.; Base: approx. H. 8 ft. x W. 22 ft.; Front plaques: approx. 4 x 5 ft. Inscription:  Henry K. Bush-Brown 1904 (On front, left plaque: letter to Abraham Lincoln from Wills) (On front, right plaque: Gettysburg Address) (Plaque on back:) ERECTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH/ACT OF 53D CONGRESS 3D SESSION/INTRODUCED BY/MAJOR GENERAL DANIEL E. SICKLES/REPRESENTATIVE FROM 10TH DISTRICT/OF NEW YORK/TO ESTABLISH A MILITARY PARK AT/GETTYSBURG PENNSYLVANIA/APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT/FEBRUARY 11, 1895 signed Description:  A bronze bust of Lincoln rests on a granite pedestal in the center of a curved granite wall. Flanking the bust are two rectangular bronze plaques, one inscribed with the Gettysburg Address and one inscribed with the text of a letter to Lincoln. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham -- Bust Occupation -- Political -- President 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 at Gettysburg National Military Park, National Cemetery, near Taneytown Road gates, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325 Remarks:  The memorial is listed on the National Park Service, List of Classified Structures (referred to as MN 281) and is referenced in the Gettysburg National Military Park Archives, vol. 1. The inscription on a marker in front of the monument reads: LINCOLN ADDRESS/MEMORIAL/THIS MONUMENT COMMEMORATES/LINCOLN'S GETTYSBURG ADDRESS,/NOVEMBER 19, 1863./THE ADDRESS WAS DELIVERED/ABOUT 300 YARDS FROM THIS SPOT/ALONG THE UPPER CEMETERY DRIVE./THE SITE IS NOW MARKED BY THE/SOLDIER'S NATIONAL MONUMENT/DEDICATED JAN. 24, 1912 - SCULPTOR, HENRY BUSH-BROWN. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Gettysburg Battlefield. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995. 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 77001119   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 77001119 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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