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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Rhind, John Massey,     Cottrell, W. L.,     Jno. Williams, Inc.,     Harrison Granite Company,     Portrait male -- Sherman, William Tecumseh     Occupation -- Military     Dress -- Uniform     Object -- Weapon     Dress -- Accessory     Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Muskegon     Sculpture

William T. Sherman Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Rhind, John Massey, 1860-1936, sculptor. Cottrell, W. L., architect. Jno. Williams, Inc., founder. Harrison Granite Company, contractor. Title:  William T. Sherman Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  1899. Dedicated May 30, 1900. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figure: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Figure: approx. 7 ft. x 2 ft. 4 in. x 2 ft. 4 in.; Base: approx. 6 ft. 5 in. x 8 ft. 6 in. x 8 ft. 6 in. Inscription:  (On proper left side of bronze base:) MASSEY RHIND/SC 99 (On proper right side of bronze base:) JNO WILLIAMS/FOUNDER N.Y. (On front of granite base:) 1820/SHERMAN/1891 (Plaque on back of granite base:) PRESENTED TO/THE CITY OF MUSKEGON/BY/CHARLES H. HACKLEY/MAY 30 A.D. 1900 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Standing figure of Sherman with proper left leg forward. He is dressed in military uniform, belted coat with sword hanging from proper left side and binoculars case strapped across proper left shoulder. Proper right arm is bent at elbow with binoculars in hand. Subject:  Portrait male -- Sherman, William Tecumseh -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- General Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Object -- Weapon -- Sword Dress -- Accessory -- Binoculars Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Muskegon Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Muskegon, Parks Maintenance, 1350 East Keating Avenue, Muskegon, Michigan 49444 Located Hackley Park, Clay & Third Street, Muskegon, Michigan Remarks:  Gift of Charles H. Hackley, who contributed $27,000 for memorials to Lincoln, Grant, Sherman, and Farragut. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MI5015, 1989. Monumental News, July 1900, pg. 388. Monumental News, March 1905, pg. 208. Monumental News, April 1905, pg. 280. Illustration:  Image on file. Monumental News, July 1900, pg. 389. 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 MI000040   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MI000040 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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