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    		• Albert Weiblen Marble & Granite Works,
     
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    		• Homage -- Lee, Thompson Wood
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Landscape -- Tree
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Emblem -- Seal
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- Monroe
     
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    		• Gravestone
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Grave Marker for Captain Thompson Wood Lee, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Albert Weiblen Marble & Granite Works, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Grave Marker for Captain Thompson Wood Lee, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1898.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Granite.
    Dimensions: 
    2 pieces. Tree trunk: approx. 8 ft. x 3 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft.; Hat: approx. W. 11 in. x D. 14 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On front of tree trunk sculpture, under crossed flags:) THOMPSON WOOD LEE/CAPTAIN/COMPANY/E/FIRST LOUISIANA REG./VOLUNTEER DEPT./1898 (Rear of tree trunk sculpture raised lettering:) THOMPSON WOOD/SON OF/JOHN M. LEE, JR./& VADA BURCH LEE/BORN NOV. 4, 1873/DIED SEPT. 12, 1898/--/WHEN MARBLE WEARS AWAY/AND MONUMENTS ARE DUST/THE LOVE FOR ALL OUR SOLDIER'S CLAY/WILL STILL FULFILL ITS TRUST./--/A. WEIBLEN, N.O. signed
    Description: 
    A two-piece grave marker comprised of a tree trunk and a Confederate hat. The tree trunk is decorated with two crossed flags on the front. The flag on the left is inscribed "PELICAN RIFLES" and bears the Seal of the State of Louisiana; the flag on the right has twelve stars near the top. About eight feet in front of the tree trunk, a Confederate uniform hat is on the ground.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Lee, Thompson Wood
    Occupation -- Military -- Captain
    Landscape -- Tree
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Object -- Other -- Flag
    Emblem -- Seal
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- Monroe
    Gravestone
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Monroe, Cemetery Division, 400 Lea Joyner Expressway, Monroe City Hall, Monroe, Louisiana 71201
    Located Monroe City Cemetery, 900-1200 DeSiard Street, facing Manassas Street, Monroe, Louisiana
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture marks the grave of Capt. Thompson Wood Lee, who served in Company E, First Louisiana Regiment, Volunteer Infantry. "Pelican Rifles" was a Confederate unit in the Civil War which originated in Monroe, Louisiana. IAS files contain newspaper clippings from Monroe Morning World, May 12, 1968, pg. 1-B; and News-Star-World, Feb. 27, 1983, pg. 3D.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Louisiana survey, 1996.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    News-Star-World, Feb. 27, 1983, pg. 3D.
    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 LA000456
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