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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Elwell, Frank Edwin,     Gorham Manufacturing Company,     Norcross Brothers,     History -- United States     Portrait male -- Smith, Andrew J.     Occupation -- Military     Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Vicksburg     Sculpture

Brig. General Andrew J. Smith, (sculpture). Artist:  Elwell, Frank Edwin, 1858-1922, sculptor. Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder. Norcross Brothers, fabricator. Title:  Brig. General Andrew J. Smith, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1911. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bust: bronze; Base: Stony Creek granite. Dimensions:  Bust: approx. 52 x 36 x 24 in.; Base: approx. 72 x 44 x 44 in. Inscription:  (Left side of plinth:) F.E. ELWELL (Right side of plinth:) GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS (Front of plinth, raised:) GENERAL/ANDREW J. SMITH (On bronze plaque on upper front of base, raised:) ANDREW J. SMITH/BRIG. GENERAL U.S. VOLS/COMMANDING DIVISION/MARCH 29 JULY 4, 1863 (On bronze plaque on upper side of base:) ANDREW J. SMITH/CADET U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY 1834/MAJOR U.S. ARMY MAY 13, 1861/COL. 2ND CALI. CAV. OCT. 2, 1861/BRIG. GEN. U.S. VOLS.MAR. 17, 1862/MAJOR GEN. OF VOLS. MAY 12.1864/BVT-MAJ. GEN. U.S. ARMY MAR. 13, 1865/COL.U.S. ARMY JULY 28, 1866 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A bust of Brigadier General Andrew J. Smith, dressed in a military uniform and wearing a beard and mustache, placed atop a two-sectioned base with inscribed plaques on the upper front and side. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Portrait male -- Smith, Andrew J. -- Bust Occupation -- Military -- Brigadier 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 South side, Clay Street, west of old Highway 27, Vicksburg, Mississippi Remarks:  Commemorates Civil War Major Brigadier General Andrew J. Smith. Monument is located on land that was formerly property of Vicksburg National Military Park. Erected by the federal government. The monument is on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures (LCS no. 03341). IAS files contain a copy of the LCS report form. The sculpture may have been moved from its original installation site. Bronze cost $1500 and pedestal cost $198 paid by Federal Government. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MS7026, 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 MS000270   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MS000270 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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