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Teich, Frank,
History -- United States
Portrait male -- Dowling, Richard
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Dress -- Accessory
Object -- Weapon
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Houston
Sculpture
Dick Dowling, (sculpture).
Artist:
Teich, Frank, 1856-1939, sculptor.
Title:
Dick Dowling, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Dowling Soldiers' (sculpture).
Dates:
1905. Dedicated March 17, 1905. Relocated 1940. Relocated 1958.
Medium:
Sculpture: white Carrara marble; Base: gray Texas granite and limestone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 2 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft.; Base: 20 x 10 x 10 ft.
Inscription:
(On front of limestone base:) F. Teich/Llano, Tex. (On front of granite pedestal:) This monument is erected to the/memory of Dick Dowling and the/Davis Guards by Dick Dowling Camp/no. 197 U. C. V.; and the Ancient Order/of Hiberians, Divisions nos. 1, 2 and 3/and the Emmett Council (Four faces of granite pedestal contain a roster of 49 names of those engaged in the Battle of Sabine Pass, Sept. 8, 1863.) signed
Description:
Standing figure of Lt. Dick Dowling in military uniform. He has a drooping moustache and holds a pair of binoculars in his proper right hand. His proper left hand rests on the hilt of a sword. The statue stands on a tall base with inscriptions on all four sides. The top of the base is adorned with a relief carving of a cannon on wheels, and shamrocks are carved on each orner about the inscriptions.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Portrait male -- Dowling, Richard -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Lieutenant
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Dress -- Accessory -- Binoculars
Object -- Weapon -- Sword
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Houston
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Houston, Municipal Arts Commission, P. O. Box 1562, Houston, Texas 77251
Located Hermann Park, North MacGregor Drive and Hermann Loop Drive, Houston, Texas
Provenance:
Formerly located Sam Houston Park, 1940-1958.
Formerly located City Hall, Market Square, Houston, Texas 1905-1940.
Remarks:
Gift of the Dick Dowling Camp no. 197, the Hiberians and the Emmett Council in memory of Dick Dowling, a Confederate army lieutenant and his unit. The sculpture was dedicated in front of city Hall on Market Square, and stood there until 1940, when it was moved to Sam Houston Park. In 1958 it was moved again to its present location in Hermann Park. IAS files contain related excerpt from Stone, Feb. 1901, pg. 165, which briefly mentions fund raising efforts for statue.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1993.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, TX0002; TX2033, 1989.
Monumental News, Nov. 1902; April 1905.
SOS Achievement Award, 2000.
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 TX000335
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Inventory of American Sculpture
TX000335
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