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Colonel Skidmore Harris, (sculpture). Artist:  Brewster, George Thomas, 1862-1943, sculptor. Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder. Title:  Colonel Skidmore Harris, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1919. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Relief: bronze; Stele and base: pink/gray granite. Dimensions:  Relief portrait: approx. 41 3/4 x 27 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.; Stele and base: approx. 78 x 54 x 26 1/2 in. Inscription:  George T. Brewster/Gorham Founders, NY (On bronze tablet under portrait:) SKIDMORE HARRIS/COL. 43RD GEORGIA INFTY/KILLED IN BATTLE/MAY 16, 1863 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A relief portrait, bust-length, of Colonel Skidmore Harris. He wears a uniform, but no hat. He has a full beard and moustache. The relief is on a granite stele, which rests on a low rectangular granite base. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Portrait male -- Harris, Skidmore -- Bust Occupation -- Military -- Colonel Object Type:  Relief Stele Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Vicksburg 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 Confederate Avenue, just past Vicksburg School, Vicksburg, Mississippi Remarks:  Cost of bronze was $200 and was paid for by the federal government. Monument located on land formerly the property of the Vicksburg National Military Park. The monument is on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures (LCS no. 03390). IAS files contain a copy of the LCS report form. Bronze cost $200 paid by Federal Government. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1992. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MS7101, 1989. 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 MS000015   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MS000015 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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