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    		• Brewster, George Thomas,
     
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    		• Gorham Manufacturing Company,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Hovey, Alvin P.
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Vicksburg
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Brig. Gen. Alvin P. Hovey, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Brewster, George Thomas, 1862-1943, sculptor.
    Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
    Title: 
    Brig. Gen. Alvin P. Hovey, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated 1915.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Bust: bronze; Base: pink and grey polished granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Bust: approx. 52 x 36 x 24 in.; Base: approx. 72 x 44 x 44 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On right side of plinth:) GEO. T. BREWSTER (On left side of plinth:) GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS (On front of plinth:) BRIG-GEN-C-S-VOLS/ALVIN P. HOVEY (On bronze plaque on upper front of base:) ALVIN P. HOVEY/BRIG.GENERAL U.S.VOLS/COMMANDING 12-TH DIVISION/THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS (On bronze plaque on side of base:) ALVIN P. HOVEY/COL. 24-TH IND. INF. JULY 31 1861/BRIG.GEN. U.S.VOLS.MAY 30,1862/BVT. MAJ.GEN. OF VOLS. JULY 4 1864 signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A bust of Brigadier General Alvin P. Hovey, dressed in military uniform and wearing a mustache, placed atop a two-sectioned base with plaques on the upper front and the side.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Portrait male -- Hovey, Alvin P. -- Bust
    Occupation -- Military -- Brigadier General
    Object Type: 
    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 Vicksburg National Military Park, Union Avenue opposite stop #15, Vicksburg, Mississippi
    Remarks: 
    Commemorates Civil War Brigadier General Alvin P. Hovey. Erected by the federal government. The monument is on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures (LCS no. 03321). IAS files contain a copy of the LCS report form. Bronze cost $575 and pedestal cost $220 paid by Federal Government.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MS7005, 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 MS000266
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