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Kinney, Belle,
Tiffany and Company,
History -- United States
Figure group
Object -- Weapon
Allegory -- Life
Object -- Other
Occupation -- Military
State of Being -- Illness
Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Jackson
Sculpture
Monument to the Women of the Confederacy, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Kinney, Belle, 1890-1959, sculptor.
Tiffany and Company, founder.
Title:
Monument to the Women of the Confederacy, (
sculpture
).
Other Titles:
Women of the Confederacy, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
Cast 1917.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture
: bronze; Base: Italian marble.
Dimensions:
Sculpture
: approx. 9 x 12 x 10 ft.; Base: approx. 8 x 12 x 10 ft.
Inscription:
(On
sculpture
proper left lower corner:) BELLE KINNEY Sc/1917 (On
sculpture
proper right lower corner:) CAST BY/TIFFANY STUDIOS, NEW YORK (On front of base, raised:) OUR/MOTHERS/(lengthy inscriptions) (On right side of base, raised:) OUR/WIVES/(lengthy inscriptions) (On left side of base, raised:) OUR/DAUGHTERS/(lengthy inscriptions) (On back of base, raised:) OUR/SISTERS/(lengthy inscriptions) signed
Description:
The central figure is a female representing Fame, whose robes flow behind her giving the illusion of wings. On her proper left is a wounded Confederate soldier, who lies with his back against a broken cannon and grasps a flagpole in his proper left hand. He is supported and comforted by Fame. On Fame's proper right is a young Confederate woman who wears long robes and holds a palm frond in her proper right hand. Fame places a laurel wreath on the Confederate woman's head, a gesture that symbolizes victory and the strength of Confederate women during crisis.
Subject:
History
--
United States
--
Civil War
Figure group
Object
--
Weapon
--
Cannon
Allegory
--
Life
--
Womanhood
Object
--
Other
--
Wreath
Occupation
--
Military
--
Soldier
State of Being
--
Illness
--
Wound
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
Mississippi
--
Jackson
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by State of
Mississippi
, Department of Archives and History, 100 South State Street, Capers Building, P. O. Box 571,
Jackson
,
Mississippi
39205
Located
Mississippi
New State Capitol,
Mississippi
Street,
Jackson
,
Mississippi
Remarks:
Inspired by the 1907 United Confederate Veterans' project to erect a monument in each southern state to the women of the Confederacy, the
Mississippi
Legislature of 1910 passed "An act to erect a monument to the Women of the Confederacy," which created a commission charged with the selection and erection of the monument on the Capitol grounds. The cornerstone was laid by the Grand Lodge F. & A. M. of
Mississippi
on June 3, 1912, and the bronze
sculpture
was cast in 1917. The
sculpture
cost $20,000. IAS files contain the full text of base inscriptions, related newsclippings and a copy of the dedication booklet.
Conservation:
Treated 2002 November. John R. Dennis (Dallas, TX). Treatment report on file with owner.
References:
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
Mississippi
survey, 1994.
SOS Conservation Treatment Award, 2000.
SOS Conservation Notification Report, 2004.
Illustration:
Image on file.
The Clarion Ledger (
Jackson
, MS), April 13, 1975, Section B.
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 MS000213
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
MS000213
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