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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Moynihan, Frederick,     Colton, Charles E.,     Dallas, Robert Frank,     Gorham Manufacturing Company,     History -- United States     Portrait male -- Sniper, Gustavus     Occupation -- Military     Equestrian     Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Syracuse     Sculpture

General Gustavus Sniper, (sculpture). Artist:  Moynihan, Frederick, 1843-1910, sculptor. Colton, Charles E., architect. Dallas, Robert Frank, sculptor. Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder. Title:  General Gustavus Sniper, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Sniper, (sculpture). Sniper Monument, (sculpture). General Gustavis A. Sniper Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  1904. Dedicated May 30, 1905. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Overall: approx. H. 18 ft.; Base: approx. 8 x 7 x 5 ft. (4,500 lbs.). Inscription:  GORHAM MFG. (On back of sculpture:) FRED MOYNIHAN SC 1904 (On side of granite base, in bronze letters:) SNIPER (On bronze plaque on side of bronze plaque:) GUSTAVUS SNIPER, BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL U.S. 1861-1865/ERECTED A.D. 1905/BY/GENERAL SNIPER CAMP NO. 166 SONS OF VETERANS AND FRIENDS./COMMITTEE/(list of committee members) signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  An equestrian portrait of General Gustavus Sniper astride his horse reviewing his troops. In his proper left hand he holds the horse's reins and in his proper right hand he holds a sword. The sculpture is installed atop a rectangular granite base. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Portrait male -- Sniper, Gustavus -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- General Equestrian Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Syracuse Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Syracuse, Department of Parks and Recreation, 412 Spencer Street, Syracuse, New York 13204 Located Schlosser Park, North Salina, North State & East Laurel Streets, Syracuse, New York Remarks:  Gustavus Sniper was born in 1836 in Germany near Frieberg in Baden, and in 1839 he came to the U.S. with his parents who settled in Syracuse, New York. Sculptor Prof. R. F. Dallas executed the sketch model; Charles E. Colton was architect. Three swords have been stolen and replaced since 1930 and the bronze base plaque was stolen once in 1941. In 2003, the sculpture was cleaned and replacement sword, scabbard, spurs, and reins were fabricated. For additional information see the Syracuse Post Standard, April 28, 1930; May 23, 1941; Dec. 5, 1954; and March 5, 1961; the Syracuse Herald American, Nov. 17, 1946; and Calvin McCoy Henning, "The Outdoor Public Commemorative Monuments of Syracuse, New York: 1885-1950, Ph.D. diss., 1983, pg. 85-106. References:  Onondaga County Public Library, 1988. Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1993. Ted Bartlett, Crawford & Stearns: Architects and Preservation Planners, 1999. Inventory staff, 2007. 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 73950004   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 73950004 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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