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McNeel Marble Works,
History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Lakeland
Sculpture
Confederate Monument, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
McNeel Marble Works, fabricator.
Title:
Confederate Monument, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
Dedicated June 3, 1910.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture
: stone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture
: approx. H. 24 ft.; Base: approx. H. 9 ft. x W. 9 ft.
Inscription:
(Upper front of
sculpture
, raised lettering:) CSA/(lower:) 1861/(crossed flags)/1865/CONFEDERATE/DEAD (Lower right side of
sculpture
, raised lettering:) THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED/BY THE
LAKELAND
CHAPTER,/UNITED DAUGHTERS/OF THE CONFEDERACY/IN MEMORY OF THE NOBLE/SONS OF THE SOUTH./A.D. 1910. (Lower left side of
sculpture
, raised lettering:) IN MEMORY OF THAT NOBLE BAND/WHO HAVE CROSSED THE MYSTIC/STREAM,/AND ARE RESTING NOW IN THAT/HAPPY LAND,/WHERE PEACE AND PLEASURE/REIGN SUPREME./THE HEROIC DEEDS WILL NEVER/FADE,/FROM MEMORY'S BRIGHTEST PAGE,/AND THEIR BRAVE DEFENSE OF/COUNTRY AND HOME,/IS LEFT AS A GLORIOUS HERITAGE. unsigned
Description:
A uniformed Confederate soldier stands in repose, holding the barrel of his rifle at chest length with both hands, the butt resting by his proper right foot. He has a beard and wears a broad rimmed hat. The soldier is mounted upon a tall shaft that is set upon a stepped base that once had a ball on each corner.
Subject:
History
--
United States
--
Civil War
Figure male
--
Full length
Occupation
--
Military
--
Soldier
Dress
--
Uniform
--
Military Uniform
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
Florida
--
Lakeland
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of
Lakeland
, Parks and Recreation, 228 South Massachusetts Avenue, City Hall,
Lakeland
,
Florida
33801
Located Munn Park,
Lakeland
,
Florida
Remarks:
Monument commemorates Confederate dead and was erected by the
Lakeland
Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and dedicated on the anniversary of Jefferson Davis' birth. IAS files contain excerpts from: Hampton Dunn's "Yesterday's
Lakeland
," Tampa, FL: Bay Center Corporation, pg. 101; M. F. Hetherington's "History of Polk County
Florida
, Narrative and Biographical," Saint Augustine, FL: The Record Company, 1928, pg. 103-104; Minutes of the
Lakeland
City Commission, June 3, 1908, pg. 161.
References:
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
Florida
survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Dunn, Hampton, "Yesterday's
Lakeland
," Tampa, FL: Bay Center Corporation, 1976, pg. 101.
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 FL000761
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