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Illinois State Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Asbjornsen, Sigvald, 1867-1954, sculptor. Bullard, Robert A., designer. J. S. Culver Company, fabricator. American Bronze Company, founder. Title:  Illinois State Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1898-1899. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figures: bronze; Shaft: granite; Base: gray Georgia marble. Dimensions:  Overall, approx. H. 80 ft.; Each figure, approx. H. 9 ft. Inscription:  (East face of monument:) ILLINOIS (North face of monument:) THE COMMANDS INSCRIBED ON THIS MONUMENT WERE/ENGAGED IN THE ASSAULT ON MISSIONARY/RIDGE, NOVEMBER 25th, 1863. (On the north, west and south sides are details concerning Willich's, Wagner's, Grose's, Sherman's, Harker's, Carlin's, Wood's, and Moore's Brigades) signed Description:  A tall column topped with a bronze female figure of Peace holding an olive wreath. At the bottom, on each corner of the granite base, are bronze figures representing branches of the military. To proper right back is an officer with field glasses in his hand; to proper right front is a dismounted cavalryman about to unsheathe his saber with his proper right hand. To proper left back is an artilleryman; to proper left front is an infantrymen with rifle. On front of base, bronze seal of the State of Illinois and bronze furled flag. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War History -- United States -- Battle of Missionary Ridge Figure male Figure female Allegory -- Civic -- Peace Occupation -- Military Object -- Other -- Wreath Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Chattanooga Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia Administered by Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, P. O. Box 2128, Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia 30742 Located Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Bragg Illinois Reservation, South Crest Road, Chattanooga, Tennessee Remarks:  Robert A. Bullard, architect for the Culver Stone Company, designed the Illinois monument. Estimated cost $50,000. IAS files contain two unidentified published excerpts related to the monument. References:  Heitmann, Helen M., 1989, 1993. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992. 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 74070008   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 74070008 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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