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    		• Rogers, Randolph,
     
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    		• Batterson, James Goodwin,
     
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    		• Royal Foundry,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure group
     
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    		• Object -- Weapon
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Allegory -- Civic
     
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    		• Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
     
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    		• Allegory -- Other
     
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    		• Allegory -- Civic
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Grant, Ulysses S.
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Farragut, David Glasgow
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Sherman, William Tecumseh
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Animal -- Bird
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Detroit
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Michigan Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Rogers, Randolph, 1825-1892, sculptor.
    Batterson, James Goodwin, 1823-1901, fabricator.
    Royal Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Michigan Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Civil War Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Cast 1869. Dedicated April 9, 1972.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: Westerly, Rhode Island granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Top female figure: approx. H. 11 ft.; Military figures: approx. H. 7 ft.; Base: approx. 50 x 28 x 28 in.
    Inscription: 
    Randolph Rogers/inv. et mod/Rome MDCCCLXVII / Ferd V. Muller, Munchen 1869 (On base plaque, below top female figure:) ERECTED/BY THE PEOPLE OF/MICHIGAN/IN HONOR OF THE/MARTYRS WHO FELL/AND THE HEROES WHO/FOUGHT IN DEFENCE(sic)/OF/LIBERTY AND UNION (Under each seated female figure:) UNION / HISTORY / VICTORY/ EMANCIPATION (On each portrait relief:) LINCOLN / SHERMAN / FARRAGUT / GRANT signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    The monument consists of an octagonal granite column topped with a standing bronze female figure and holding a shield and a sword. Below her are four seated bronze allegorical female figures representing Union, History, Victory, and Emancipation. Below the seated females are four standing bronze male figures representing the different branches of military service. On the sides between each military figure are rectangular bronze plaques containing relief portraits of Lincoln, Sherman, Farragut, and Grant, each in profile. At the base of the column are three steps, and around the base are four square pedestals each topped with a bronze eagle.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure group
    Object -- Weapon -- Sword
    Dress -- Accessory -- Shield
    Allegory -- Civic -- Unity
    Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- History
    Allegory -- Other -- Triumph
    Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty
    Portrait male -- Grant, Ulysses S. -- Bust
    Portrait male -- Farragut, David Glasgow -- Bust
    Portrait male -- Sherman, William Tecumseh -- Bust
    Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham -- Bust
    Occupation -- Military -- General
    Occupation -- Political -- President
    Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Detroit
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Detroit, Parks and Recreation Department, Landscape Division, 2008 Water Board Building, 735 Randolph Street, Detroit, Michigan 48226
    Located Campus Martius, Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan
    Remarks: 
    The total cost of the monument was $65,000 which was raised through subscriptions by school children, Masons, Oddfellows, Good Templers, and the Aux Ladies Monument Association. In 1883, a public act of Michigan appropriated $100.00 per year for the care and preservation of the monument. This amount was reduced to $85.00 in 1932, and funds were finally withdrawn in 1958. The monument was originally to be installed at East Grand Circus Park and the cornerstone was laid there on July 4, 1867, but before the monument was installed, the decision was made to install the sculpture at Campus Martius. The monument was assembled James Goodwin Batterson.
    IAS files contain excerpts from Silas Farmer's "History of Detroit and Wayne County and Early Michigan," Detroit, MI: Silas Farmer & Co., 1890, pg. 311-312; the Michigan Historical Commission's "Michigan History," vol. XLII, 1958, pg. 237-244; and Millard F. Rogers, Jr.'s "Randolph Rogers American Sculptor in Rome," Univ. of Massachusetts Press, 1971, pg. 108-111. For additional information see the Randolph Rogers file at the Detroit Public Library's Fine Arts Dept.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan 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 77006012
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