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Michigan Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Adams, Herbert, 1858-1945, sculptor. Woodbury Granite Company, fabricator. Title:  Michigan Memorial, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Spirit of Michigan, (sculpture). Michigan State Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated November 10, 1916. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: Bethel white granite; Base: white granite. Dimensions:  Overall: approx. 37 ft. x 60 in. x 60 in.; Figure: approx. H. 8 ft. Inscription:  (Side of figure's pedestal:) HERBERT ADAMS MCMXV (Front of figure's pedestal, incised:) MICHIGAN'S/TRIBUTE OF HONOR/TO HER SOLDIERS/WHO SERVED/IN THE CAMPAIGN/AND SIEGE/OF VICKSBURG signed Description:  A woman (representing the State of Michigan) in classical dress stands in front of an obelisk. She holds a laurel branch in her proper right hand and another object in her proper left hand. She stands atop a pedestal projecting from the bottom of the obelisk. The obelisk stands atop a two-tiered base. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War History -- United States -- Michigan Figure female -- Full length Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress Object -- Foliage Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Vicksburg Obelisk 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, Union Avenue, just short of Stop #1, Vicksburg, Mississippi Remarks:  Tribute to Michigan's veterans of the Vicksburg campaign. The monument is on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures (LCS no. 07279). IAS files contain a copy of the LCS report form and photocopied image of study for memorial. Cost $10,000. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MS0009, 1989. Monumental News, March 1915, pg. 158. Ambler, Louise Todd & Marilyn Gage Hyson, unpublished checklist, 2001-2003. 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 MS000203   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MS000203 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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