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    		• Laird, Peter B.,
     
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    		• Monumental Bronze Company,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Grant, Ulysses S.
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Garfield, James A.
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Hancock, Winfield Scott
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Syracuse
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    (Soldiers and Sailors Lilly Post Civil War Monument), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Laird, Peter B., designer.
    Monumental Bronze Company, founder.
    Title: 
    (Soldiers and Sailors Lilly Post Civil War Monument), (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned between Aug. 1883 and Oct. 1885. Dedicated June 23, 1887.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: zinc; Base: zinc.
    Dimensions: 
    Overall: approx. H. 35 ft.; Base: approx. 22 x 84 x 84 in. (11,400 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    MONUMENTAL BRONZE CO. BRIDGEPORT, CT. (On base, front:) ERECTED BY LILLY POST MONUMENTAL ASSOCIATION/SYRACUSE, 1887. (Inscriptions on all sides of the base and pedestal include names of Post members, names of Civil War battles in which the Post participated and names of dead comrades) Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Full-length figure of a uniformed Union soldier stands at parade rest atop an ornate shaft and base. The figure has a moustache and wears a long caped coat and cap. He holds his rifle in front of him with both hands around the barrel and the butt near his proper right foot and has a knife in his holster on the proper left side. There are portrait reliefs in profile at the base of the shaft of Lincoln, Grant, Hancock and Garfield. Decorative elements on the base include reliefs of an eagle, cannons, cannonballs, a soldier on horseback and an anchor.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham -- Profile
    Portrait male -- Grant, Ulysses S. -- Profile
    Portrait male -- Garfield, James A. -- Profile
    Portrait male -- Hancock, Winfield Scott -- Profile
    Occupation -- Political -- President
    Occupation -- Military -- General
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Syracuse
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Woodlawn Cemetery, 800 Grant Boulevard, Section 32, Syracuse, New York
    Remarks: 
    The monument was erected in 1887 by the Lilly Post 66, G.A.R., on a tract of land donated in 1883 as a burial plot for veterans. The memorial cost $2,800. Peter A. Baird's design for the monument was approved on March 24, 1887 and the monument dedicated June 23, 1887. IAS files contain a full transcription of the names and inscriptions on the monument and related excerpts from the Syracuse Herald American, Jan. 19, 1947, and The Post Standard (Syracuse, NY), July 10, 1986. IAS files also contain excerpt from "The Outdoor Public Commemorative Monuments of Syracuse, New York: 1885-1950," by Calvin M. Hennig, Diss. Syracuse University, February 1983, pg. 52-66.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York 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 NY001245
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