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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Aitken, Robert,     O. H. Leaman, Inc.,     Gorham Manufacturing Company,     History -- United States     Portrait male -- Howard, Oliver Otis     Occupation -- Military     Dress -- Uniform     Equestrian     Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg     Sculpture

General Oliver O. Howard Equestrian Statue, (sculpture). Artist:  Aitken, Robert, 1878-1949, sculptor. O. H. Leaman, Inc., caster. Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder. Title:  General Oliver O. Howard Equestrian Statue, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Oliver Otis Howard, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Nov. 12, 1932. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: pink granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 22 ft. 7 in.; Base; approx. H. 16 ft. 5 in. x W. 10 ft. 10 in. Inscription:  (On right rear corner of sculpture:) GORHAM CO. FOUNDER (On left side of base:) ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF/MAJOR GENERAL/OLIVER OTIS HOWARD/AND THE CITIZENS OF MAINE/WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN THE CIVIL WAR (On right side of base:) MAJOR GENERAL OLIVER OTIS HOWARD/UNITED STATES ARMY/BORN NOV 8 1830 DIED OCT 26 1909. Description:  A portrait of General Howard seated on his stallion holding the horse's reins with his proper left hand. The general is depicted standing atop Cemetery Hill, the sight he selected as a rallying point for defense in case of retreat by Union forces on July 1, 1863. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Portrait male -- Howard, Oliver Otis -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- General Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Equestrian Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia Administered by Gettysburg National Military Park, 97 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325 Located Gettysburg National Military Park, East Cemetery Hill, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325 Remarks:  The monument is listed on the National Park Service, List of Classified Structures (referred to as MN 305) and is referenced in the Gettysburg National Military Park Archives, vol. II. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Gettysburg Battlefield. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995. 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 77001085   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 77001085 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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