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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Ellicott, Henry Jackson,     Ames Manufacturing Company,     Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company,     Portrait male -- McClellan, George Brinton     Occupation -- Military     Equestrian     Dress -- Uniform     Dress -- Accessory     Architecture -- Castle     Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia     Sculpture

General George B. McClellan, (sculpture). Artist:  Ellicott, Henry Jackson, 1848-1901, sculptor. Ames Manufacturing Company, founder. Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, founder. Title:  General George B. McClellan, (sculpture). Other Titles:  General George McClellan, (sculpture). Dates:  Cast 1891. Dedicated Oct. 1894. Relocated 1936. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: Quincy gray granite with bronze decorations. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 14 ft. 6 in. x 5 ft. x 15 ft.; Base: approx. 10 ft. x 7 ft. 9 in. x 13 ft. 9 in. Inscription:  H. J. Ellicott, S C / Ames Mfg. Co., Chicopee / Henry Bonnard Bronze Co. of NY 1891 (Base, front:) Gen. Geo. B. McClellan signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Figure of General McClellan seated on his horse holding the reins with his proper left hand. His proper right arm is bent at the elbow and his right hand rests on his right leg. McClellan is dressed in his military uniform and looks off into the distance to his proper left. The horse is alert as it reaches the top of a slight incline, its tail caught by the wind. The sculpture rests on a rectangular base adorned with bronze oak-leaf garlands and wreaths at each end. In the middle of each wreath is a small castle. Subject:  Portrait male -- McClellan, George Brinton -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- General Equestrian Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Architecture -- Castle Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Philadelphia, Department of Public Property, Municipal Services Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107 Located City Hall, North plaza at Broad Street & John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Remarks:  Sculpture was commissioned by the Grand Army of the Republic and was given to the City of Philadelphia. The equestrian sculpture was cast by the Ames Manufacturing Company and the bronze decorations on the base were cast by the Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 City of Philadelphia, 1973. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA5162, 1989. Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 228. Monumental News, June 1889; March 1891; Oct. 1894. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file Monumental News, June 1889, pg. 101. Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 228. 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 75009351   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75009351 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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