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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Kitson, Henry Hudson,     Gorham Manufacturing Company,     Norcross Brothers,     History -- United States     Portrait male -- Selfridge, Thomas O.     Occupation -- Military     Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Vicksburg     Sculpture

Lieut. Commander Thomas O. Selfridge, (sculpture). Artist:  Kitson, Henry Hudson, 1863-1947, sculptor. Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder. Norcross Brothers, fabricator. Title:  Lieut. Commander Thomas O. Selfridge, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1913. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bust: bronze; Base: polished pink and grey granite. Dimensions:  Bust: approx. 52 x 36 x 20 in.; Base: approx. 72 x 44 x 44 in. Inscription:  (On left side of plinth:) HENRY H KITSON Sc (On right side of plinth:) GORHAM Co FOUNDRY (On bronze plaque on upper front of base:) THOS.O.SELFRIDGE JR./LIEUTENANT COMMANDER/UNITED STATES NAVY/COMMANDING BATTERY SELFRIDGE/JUNE 5-25 1863/(Second bronze plaque:) THOS.O.SELFRIDGE JR./BORN CHARLESTOWN MASS. FEB.6 1836/GRADUATE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY 1854/LIEUT COM'DR U.S. NAVY JULY 16 1862/COMMANDER DECEMBER 31 1869/CAPTAIN FEBRUARY 24 1881/COMMONDORE APRIL 11 1894/REAR ADMIRAL FEBRUARY 28 1896 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A bust of Lieutenant Commander Thomas O. Selfridge Jr. in military uniform with a mustache and muttonchops, wearing a visored cap and an overcoat. The bust is mounted upon a two-sectioned base with two inscribed plaques on the upper front, and is set upon a square foundation. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Portrait male -- Selfridge, Thomas O. -- Bust Occupation -- Military -- Lieutenant Commander 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 just past Naval Memorial, Vicksburg, Mississippi Remarks:  Erected by his family, the monument commemorates Civil War Lieutenant Commander Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr. The monument is on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures (LCS no. 03340). IAS files contain a copy of the LCS report form. Bronze cost $1,250 and pedestal cost $210 paid by family. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MS7025, 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 MS000293   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MS000293 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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