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Adams, Herbert,
Woodbury Granite Company,
History -- United States
History -- United States
Figure female -- Full length
Dress -- Historic
Object -- Foliage
Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Vicksburg
Obelisk
Sculpture
Michigan Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Adams, Herbert, 1858-1945, sculptor.
Woodbury Granite Company, fabricator.
Title:
Michigan Memorial, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Spirit of Michigan, (sculpture).
Michigan State Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated November 10, 1916.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: Bethel white granite; Base: white granite.
Dimensions:
Overall: approx. 37 ft. x 60 in. x 60 in.; Figure: approx. H. 8 ft.
Inscription:
(Side of figure's pedestal:) HERBERT ADAMS MCMXV (Front of figure's pedestal, incised:) MICHIGAN'S/TRIBUTE OF HONOR/TO HER SOLDIERS/WHO SERVED/IN THE CAMPAIGN/AND SIEGE/OF VICKSBURG signed
Description:
A woman (representing the State of Michigan) in
classical
dress
stands in front of an obelisk. She holds a laurel branch in her proper right hand and another object in her proper left hand. She stands atop a pedestal projecting from the bottom of the obelisk. The obelisk stands atop a two-tiered base.
Subject:
History
--
United States
--
Civil War
History
--
United States
--
Michigan
Figure female
--
Full length
Dress
--
Historic
--
Classical
Dress
Object
--
Foliage
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture
--
Mississippi
--
Vicksburg
Obelisk
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 Vicksburg National Military Park, Union Avenue, just short of Stop #1, Vicksburg, Mississippi
Remarks:
Tribute to Michigan's veterans of the Vicksburg campaign. The monument is on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures (LCS no. 07279). IAS files contain a copy of the LCS report form and photocopied image of study for memorial. Cost $10,000.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MS0009, 1989.
Monumental News, March 1915, pg. 158.
Ambler, Louise Todd & Marilyn Gage Hyson, unpublished checklist, 2001-2003.
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 MS000203
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