General Anthony Wayne, (sculpture).

General Anthony Wayne, (sculpture).

Bush-Brown, Henry K., 1857-1935, sculptor.

Hodges, W. R., contractor.

Bureau Brothers, founder.

General Anthony Wayne, (sculpture).

Anthony Wayne, (sculpture).

1908. Dedicated June 20, 1908.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: Missouri red granite.

Sculpture: approx. 13 1/2 x 15 x 8 ft.; Base: approx. 11 x 22 x 14 ft.

Bureau Bro's Bronze Founders, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Base, bronze plaque on southwest side:) ANTHONY WAYNE/COLONEL CHESTER CO. BATTALION OF MINUTE MEN JULY 21, 1775/COLONEL 4TH PENNA. INFANTRY BATTALION JANUARY 3, 1776/BRIG. GENERAL CONTINENTAL ARMY FEBRUARY 21, 1777 TO NOVEMBER 3, 1783/BREVETED MAJOR GENERAL SEPTEMBER 30, 1783/"RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY THAT THE THANKS OF CONGRESS BE PRESENTED TO BRIG. GENERAL WAYNE/FOR HIS BRAVE, PRUDENT AND SOLDIERLY CONDUCT IN THE SPIRITED AND WELL CONDUCTED ATTACK ON/STONY POINT; THAT A GOLD MEDAL EMBLEMATICAL OF THIS ACTION BE STRUCK AND PRESENTED TO/BRIG. GENERAL WAYNE."/MAJOR GENERAL AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF UNITED STATES ARMY, MARCH 5, 1792/TO DECEMBER 15, 1796

(Base, northwest side:) "Lead me Forward"/Wayne at Stony Point (Base, northeast side:) Chairman of the Chester County Committee 1774/Deputy to the provincial convention1774/member of the assembly 1773 1784-1785/Delegate to the provincial convention 1775/member of the committee of safety 1775-1776/member of the council of censors 1783/member of the Pennsylvania convention to ratify the constitution 1787/ - /Born in Chester Co., Pennsylvania January 1, 1745/died at Presqu Isle Pennsylvania December 15, 1796 (Base, southeast side, on bronze plaque with seal of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania:)/virtue liberty and independence/erected by/the/Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Founder's mark appears.

Equestrian portrait of General Wayne seated on his horse with his body turned to his proper right. He stares off into the distance to his proper right. His proper left hand hold the horse's reins and his proper right hand rests on the horse's hind quarters. The General is dressed in his Revolutionary War uniform consisting of a jacket with fringed epaulets, waistcoat, knee britches, and tall boots with tassels and spurs, and a hat. Over his uniform he wears a long cape draped over the back of his shoulders. A sword hangs at his proper left side. His horse is saddled with a sheep-skin blanket beneath the saddle. The sculpture rests on a rectangular base made of granite blocks.

Portrait male -- Wayne, Anthony -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- General

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Object -- Weapon -- Sword

Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Valley Forge

Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia

Located Valley Forge National Park P. O. Box 953, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 19481

Cost thirty thousand dollars.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA5038, 1989.

Monumental News, April and July 1908; Jan. 1910.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.

Monumental News, Jan. 1910, pg. 23.

For model see: 76005390.

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