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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Doyle, Alexander,     Lawhon, Charles L.,     Roman Bronze Works,     Albert Weiblen Marble & Granite Works,     Toledano, Wogan & Bernard,     Portrait male -- Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant     Occupation -- Military     Equestrian     Sculpture

General G. T. Beauregard, (sculpture). Artist:  Doyle, Alexander, 1857-1922, sculptor. Lawhon, Charles L., designer. Roman Bronze Works, founder. Albert Weiblen Marble & Granite Works, contractor. Toledano, Wogan & Bernard, architectural firm. Title:  General G. T. Beauregard, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Beauregard, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1915. Removed May 16, 2017. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze: Base: Stone Mountain granite. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 20 ft. Inscription:  Alex Doyle 1915 Roman Bronze Works, N.Y. G. T. Beauregard/1818-1893/General C.S.A./1861-1865 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  An equestrian portrait of General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard. He holds the reins in his proper left hand, his right hand is on his hip. His horse is in trotting position, with proper right front hoof extended upward and proper left hoof up. Subject:  Portrait male -- Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- General Equestrian Object Type:  Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of New Orleans, Department of Property Management, 1300 Perdido Street, City Hall, Room 5W01, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 Provenance:  Formerly located City Park, Entrance to park, Esplanade, & Carrollton Avenues at Wisner Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 1915-May 16, 2017. Remarks:  Sources differ on dedication date. Base dedicated May 26, 1915. Edward Cocke's text "Monumental New Orleans," gives monument dedication of Nov. 11, 1915; SOS! survey gives monument dedication date of Dec. 11, 1915. The base of the monument was designed by Charles L. Lawhon, designer for City Park; the base contractor was Albert Weiblen Marble & Granite Co. One of four New Orleans Civil War era monuments removed in the spring of 2017 under a 2015 City Council vote. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Louisiana, New Orleans survey, 1993. Cocke, Edward J., "Monumental New Orleans," New Orleans: La Fayette Pub., 1968. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, LA5003, 1989. Monumental News, March 1914 and Feb. 1923. Illustration:  Cocke, Edward J., "Monumental New Orleans," New Orleans: La Fayette Pub., 1968, pg. 8. Monumental News, Feb. 1923, pg. 94. 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 88350004   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 88350004 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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