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Rhode Island Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Elwell, Frank Edwin, 1858-1922, sculptor. Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder. Title:  Rhode Island Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  1907. Dedicated November 11, 1908. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: grey granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 10 x 5 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 54 x 102 x 102 in. Inscription:  (On front of plinth, left:) FRANK EDWIN ELWELL 1907 (On front of plinth, right:) GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS (Incised on base, left:) JUDGE NATHA (sic) B. LEWIS WILLIAM P. HOPKINS ELISHA KNIGHT/COMMISSION (Incised on base, front:) RHODE ISLAND/7TH INFANTRY/COL. ZENAS R. BLISS/1ST BRIG. 2ND DIV./9TH CORPS signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A soldier who has just picked up the fallen colors and is carrying them forward stands atop a square tiered base. He wears a uniform and holds a flag in his raised proper left hand and a rifle in his proper right hand. The seal of the State of Rhode Island, an anchor and the word "HOPE" appears on the rear of the base. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Emblem -- Seal 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, Grant Avenue, Vicksburg, Mississippi Remarks:  The monument is on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures (LCS no. 07278). IAS files contain a copy of the LCS report form. The memorial was erected by the state of Rhode Island. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MS5005, 1989. Vicksburg National Military Park, 1988. Monumental News, June 1908, pg. 439. 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 MS000332   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MS000332 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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