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    		• Rawlins, Alex,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Emblem -- Cross
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Weatherford
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    (Confederate Monument), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Rawlins, Alex, sculptor.
    Title: 
    (Confederate Monument), (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Base installed: Oct. 25, 1915. Dedicated 1915. Sculpture installed Nov. 25, 1929.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: gray granite; Base: gray granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 7 x 2 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 9 ft. 4 in. x 7 ft. 4 in. x 7 ft. 4 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On front of base, on Southern Cross of Honor:) "DEO/VINDICE/1861/1865." (Beneath the cross, incised letters:) IN HONOR/OF THE/UNITED CONFEDERATE/VETERANS/OF/PARKER COUNTY (On front of base, raised numbers:) 1861-1865 (On back of base, incised letters:) ERECTED/BY THE/UNITED DAUGHTERS/OF THE/CONFEDERACY/1915 unsigned
    Description: 
    A Confederate soldier stands holding the barrel of a gun which is resting at his feet. The soldier has a beard, and is dressed in uniform, with a wide-brimmed hat, canteen, cartridge box and bayonet. The sculpture is mounted on a crenelated base with a relief of the Southern Cross of Honor and two crossed rifles on front. On the back of the base is a relief of the Confederate flag within a laurel wreath.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Emblem -- Cross
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Weatherford
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Parker County Historical Commission, P. O. Box 141, Weatherford, Texas 76086
    Located Parker County Courthouse, Weatherford, Texas
    Remarks: 
    The base was made by Alex Rawlins, a local stone mason in 1915. In 1929, the figure of the soldier (artist unknown) was added. The figure is a replica of one in the National Park at Chattanooga, Tennessee. The sculpture were erected by the Sam Lanham Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and cost approximately $3,000. IAS files contain related excerpts from G. A. Holland's "History of Parker County and the Double Log Cabin," pg. 106-107; and an article from the Weekly Herald (Weatherford, TX) Jan. 4, 1928.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, Fort Worth survey, 1994.
    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 TX000772
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