General Robert E. Lee and Confederate Soldier, (sculpture).

General Robert E. Lee and Confederate Soldier, (sculpture).

Proctor, A. Phimister, 1862-1950, sculptor.

Lemmon, Mark, architect.

Simpson, A. I., engineer.

Roman Bronze Works, founder.

General Robert E. Lee and Confederate Soldier, (sculpture).

Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Soldier, (sculpture).

Robert E. Lee on Traveller, (sculpture).

1935-1936. Dedicated June 12, 1936. Rededicated Nov. 19, 1991.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: Texas pink granite.

Sculpture: approx. 9 x 12 x 5 ft.; Base: approx. 6 ft. x 12 ft. 6 in. x 6 ft. (7 tons).

(On front of base:) Robert E. Lee (On side of base:) A.P. PROCTOR - 1936 (On side of base:) A. Phimister Proctor, Sculptor/Mark Lemmon, Architect (On side of base near back:) Roman Bronze Works N.Y. (On bronze plaque on side of base:) Adopted and restored October 1991 through the generosity of Carl B. and Florence E. King Foundation/Communities Foundation of Texas/Margaret Hunt Hill/Mr. and Mrs. John M. Stemmons/Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Seay/The Family of Mrs. J. Early Lee/Barbara Foree Langston in memory of Robert L. Foree and Mrs. Kenneth Foree/Frank Ribelin/Kappa Alpha Order, Dallas Area Alumni/The Dallas Southern Memorial Association/Adopt-A-Monument (On bronze plaque on back of base:) This bronze statue of General Robert E. Lee was presented to the City of Dallas on June 12, 1936, by the Dallas Southern Memorial Association/Lee Memorial Company/Elizabeth Rembert Rogers, Chairman. (On another bronze plaque on back of base:) The soldier accompanying General Lee represents the entire youth of the South to whom General Lee became a great inspiration. He was not intended by the sculptor to be an aide-de-camp. signed Founder's mark appears.

A double equestrian portrait of General Robert E. Lee, astride his horse Traveller, ahead of a young Confederate soldier, also mounted on a horse. The young soldier represents all soldiers who fought under Lee's command, and the figure's face is a composite created from photographs of several hundred southern soldiers. The figure of General Lee, too, is sculpted from photographs studied by the artist, as well as Lee's original Confederate uniform, and measurements taken of Lee's face in preparation for the sculpture on his tomb. Each figure holds the reins of his horse in his proper left hand. A bare-headed General Lee holds his hat in his proper right hand, while the young soldier wears his military cap.

Portrait male -- Lee, Robert E. -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- General

Occupation -- Education

History -- United States -- Civil War

Animal -- Portrait -- Traveller

Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Dallas

Administered of City of Dallas, Department of Park & Recreation, Division of Cultural Affairs, 1925 Elm Street, Dallas, Texas 75201 Accession Number: CD.1936.1

Located Lee Park, Turtle Creek Boulevard & Hall Street, Dallas, Texas

Commissioned by the Dallas Southern Memorial Association, which took seven years to raise the necessary $50,000. The Park Board appropriated an additional $3,700 for the base, with part of that amount supplied by a Works Progress Administration grant. Dallas architect Mark Lemmon donated his time creating the design of the base, and the Works Progress Administration constructed it. The monument was a gift to the City of Dallas and was dedicated as part of the Texas Centennial Celebration in 1936. The Park Board decided to place the monument in what was then known as Oak Lawn Park, and at that time the park name was changed to Robert E. Lee Memorial Park. The plaster model for the monument was presented to Washington and Lee University for their June 1936 commencement. The monument was restored and rededicated in 1991. IAS files contain transcriptions of nearby plaques and markers. For related publication see: "Sculptor in Buckskin" by Alexander Phimister Proctor, Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1971. For related article see: Dallas Morning News, Nov. 18, 1991.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, Dallas survey, 1992.

City of Dallas, 1988.

Rededication brochure, 1991.

For model see: 75008597.

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