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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Elwell, Frank Edwin,     Bureau Brothers,     Smith Granite Company,     Portrait male -- Hancock, Winfield Scott     Dress -- Uniform     Occupation -- Military     Equestrian     Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg     Sculpture

Maj. General Winfield S. Hancock Equestrian, (sculpture). Artist:  Elwell, Frank Edwin, 1858-1922, sculptor. Bureau Brothers, founder. Smith Granite Company, fabricator. Title:  Maj. General Winfield S. Hancock Equestrian, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Winfield Scott Hancock, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated June 5, 1896. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: red Westerly granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 17 ft. x W. 9 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. H. 17 ft. x. w. 10 ft. 2 in. Inscription:  (On back left side of bronze base of sculpture:) BUREAU BROS/BRONZE FOUNDERS/PHILA PA (On bronze base of sculpture, proper right side:) HANCOCK (On bronze base of sculpture, proper left side: information on the artist) (On bronze plaque, left side of base:) BORN-FEBRUARY-14-1824 DIED-FEBRUARY-9-1886/MAJOR-GENERAL/WINFIELD-SCOTT-HANCOCK/UNITED-STATES-ARMY (On bronze plaque, right side of base: text describing Hancock's life) (On bronze seal on front of base:) VIRTUE LIBERTY AND INDEPENDENCE Founder's mark appears. Description:  An equestrian portrait of General Winfield Scott Hancock with his proper left hand holding the horse's reins and his proper right hand extended at his side. The sculpture rests atop a rectangular base adorned with rectangular inscription plaques. Subject:  Portrait male -- Hancock, Winfield Scott -- Full length Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Occupation -- Military -- General Equestrian 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 Gettysburg National Military Park, Cemetery Hill, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325 Remarks:  The sculpture is located where General Hancock rallied the retreating Union forces on the evening of July 1, 1863. The monument (referred to as MN 300) is listed on the National Park Service, List of Classified Structures and is referenced in the Gettysburg National Military Park Archives, vol. 2. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Gettysburg Battlefield. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA5163, 1989. Monumental News, Oct. and Dec. 1894; Sept. 1895. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. Monumental News, Oct. 1894, pg. 489. 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 77001080   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 77001080 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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