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Bust of General Stephen Dill Lee, (sculpture). Artist:  Kitson, Theo Alice Ruggles, 1871-1932, sculptor. Roman Bronze Works, founder. Title:  Bust of General Stephen Dill Lee, (sculpture). Dates:  1909. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bronze on pink granite base. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 27 x 38 x 31 in.; Base: approx. 58 1/2 x 24 1/4 x 21 1/4 in. Inscription:  (On back of sculpture, at bottom of bronze plinth:) Roman Bronze Works N.Y. (On proper left side under shoulder:) THEO A. RUGGLES-KITSON/FECIT 1909 (On front of plinth:) STEPHEN DILL LEE/LIEUTENANT GENERAL C.S.A./FIRST PRESIDENT/AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL/COLLEGE OF MISSISSIPPI signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A life-sized bronze bust of General Stephen Dill Lee mounted atop a pink granite base. The clothing, including coat, buttons, vest, shirt, and bow tie, is detailed and realistic. Hair and beard finely textured. Subject:  Portrait male -- Lee, Stephen Dill -- Bust Occupation -- Military -- General Occupation -- Education Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Columbus Sculpture Owner:  Friendship Cemetery, James T. Harrison family lot, Columbus, Mississippi 39701 Remarks:  This bust was commissioned by Blewett Lee, son of General Stephen Dill Lee. There is another cast of this piece at Mississippi State University, in front of Lee Hall. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1992. Illustration:  Image on file. Bettersworth, John Knox, "People's College: A History of Mississippi State," University of Alabama Press, 1965, pg. 165. 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 MS000026   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MS000026 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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