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Peter Hansbrough Bell, (sculpture). Artist:  Agopoff, Agop Minass, 1905-1983, sculptor. Nelson, Donald, 1907- , architect. Title:  Peter Hansbrough Bell, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1936. Installed 1936. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: Texas pink granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 8 ft. x W. 3 ft.; Base: approx. H. 7 ft. x W. 5 ft. Inscription:  A. Agopoff, SC. (On front of base:) PETER HANSBROUGH BELL/1812-1898 (On right of base:) FOUGHT AT SAN JACINTO APRIL 21.1836/ASSISTANT INSPECTOR GENERAL AND/INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE TEXAS/ARMY.1837-1839.CAPTAIN OF TEXAS RANGERS/AND LIEUTENANT COLONEL OF MOUNTED/VOLUNTEERS IN THE MEXICAN/WAR.1845-1846..COLONEL OF A/TEXAS VOLUNTEER REGIMENT.1848-1849. (On left of base:) GOVERNOR OF TEXAS NOVEMBER 5.1849/TO NOVEMBER 23.1853..UNITED STATES/CONGRESSMAN FROM TEXAS 1853-1857/HE FOUGHT BRAVELY TO ESTABLISH/THE REPUBLIC AND WITH TACT/AND SKILL HE HELPED TO STEER/THE SHIP OF STATE THROUGH THE/TROUBLED WATERS OF ITS EARLY YEARS (On back of base:) ERECTED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS 1936/WITH FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY THE FEDERAL/GOVERNMENT TO COMMEMORATE ONE/HUNDRED YEARS OF TEXAS INDEPENDENCE signed Description:  Full-length portrait of Peter Hansbrough Bell. He wears 19th century dress consisting of a suit and vest and an overcoat. His proper left hand rests on his hip. His proper right hand is held cupped in front of him. He is bearded and has a moustache. The bronze figure stands atop a pink granite truncated octagonal die supported by a square pedestal. Subject:  Portrait male -- Bell, Peter Hansbrough -- Full length Occupation -- Political -- Governor Occupation -- Political -- Congressman Occupation -- Military -- Colonel Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Belton Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Bell County Commissioners Court, Belton, Texas 76513 Located Bell County Courthouse, Belton, Texas Remarks:  Bell was twice elected governor of Texas and served as Congressman from Texas in the United States Congress. He served in the Texas Rangers and was a colonel in the Confederate army. The sculpture was erected in 1936 by the state of Texas. IAS files contain related excerpt from "The Handbook of Texas", Walter Prescott Webb, ed., Texas State Historical Association, 1952, pg. 141. IAS files contain related excerpt from Harold Schoen's "Monuments Erected by the State of Texas to Commemorate the Centenary of Texas Independence", Austin: Commission of Control for Texas Centennial Celebrations, 1938. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas 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 TX000819   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture TX000819 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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