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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Bush-Brown, Henry K.,     History -- United States     Portrait male -- Harmar, Josiah     Portrait male -- Mifflin, Thomas     Portrait male -- Irvine, William     Portrait male -- Reed, Joseph     Portrait male -- St. Clair, Arthur     Portrait male -- Cadwalader, John     Portrait male -- Armstrong, John, Jr.     Portrait male -- Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel     Occupation -- Military     Occupation -- Military     Occupation -- Military     Occupation -- Military     Occupation -- Military     Animal -- Bird     Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Valley Forge     Sculpture

Pennsylvania Columns, (sculpture). Artist:  Bush-Brown, Henry K., 1857-1935, sculptor. Title:  Pennsylvania Columns, (sculpture). Dates:  1912. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Columns: granite and bronze; Plaques: bronze; Base: stone. Dimensions:  2 columns. Columns: each approx. 32 x 15 x 7.5 ft. Inscription:  (On all plaques:) H.K. Bush-Brown 1912 (On relief plaques on columns, under each bust, raised:) (Plaque #1:) (left) WILLIAM/IRVINE/COLONEL/5TH PENNA BATTALION/(right) JOSEPH/REED/ADJUTANT/GENERAL (Plaque #2:) (left) ARTHUR/ST. CLAIR/MAJOR/GENERAL/(right) JOHN/CADWALADER/BRIGADIER/GENERAL (Plaque #3:) (left) JOHN/ARMSTRONG/BRIGADIER/GENERAL/(right) J. PETER G./MUHLENBERG/BRIGADIER/GENERAL (Plaque #4:) (left) JOSIAH/HARMAR/LIEUTENANT/COLONEL/(right) THOMAS/MIFFLIN/MAJOR/GENERAL signed Description:  Two tall granite columns flank a roadway. At the base of each column there are two bronze plaques, each plaque contains the bas-relief busts of two military officers, some in profile, with their name and rank listed at the bottom. These include: Colonel William Irvine and Adjutant General Joseph Reed; Major General Arthur St. Clair and Brigadier General John Cadwalader; Brigadier General John Armstrong and Brigadier General J. Peter G. Muhlenberg; Lieutenant Colonel Josiah Harman and Major General Thomas Mifflin. One bronze plaque on each base is located on the east side and one on the west. On the top of each column there is a bronze eagle with outspread wings, standing on a granite ball. Subject:  History -- United States -- Revolution Portrait male -- Harmar, Josiah -- Bust Portrait male -- Mifflin, Thomas -- Bust Portrait male -- Irvine, William -- Bust Portrait male -- Reed, Joseph -- Bust Portrait male -- St. Clair, Arthur -- Bust Portrait male -- Cadwalader, John -- Bust Portrait male -- Armstrong, John, Jr. -- Bust Portrait male -- Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel -- Bust Occupation -- Military -- Colonel Occupation -- Military -- Adjutant General Occupation -- Military -- Major General Occupation -- Military -- Brigadier General Occupation -- Military -- Lieutenant Colonel Animal -- Bird -- Eagle Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Valley Forge Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia Located Valley Forge National Park P. O. Box 953, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 19481 References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993. 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 PA000494   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA000494 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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