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    		• Des Moines Marble and Mantel Company,
     
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    		• Graham, J. M.,
     
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    		• Montello Granite Company,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure female -- Full length
     
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    		• Allegory -- Place
     
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    		• Emblem -- Seal
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Andersonville
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Iowa Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Des Moines Marble and Mantel Company, fabricator.
    Graham, J. M., contractor.
    Montello Granite Company, contractor.
    Title: 
    Iowa Monument, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Iowa Soldiers' Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1905-1906. Installed Jan. 20, 1906. Dedicated Nov. 17, 1906 or Nov. 16, 1908.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: white Vermont marble; Base: red marble and white marble or Montello granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Overall: approx. 21 x 10 x 10 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On each side of the memorial:) IOWA (On front of base:) IOWA HONORS THE TURF/THAT WRAPS THEIR CLAY/THE UNKNOWN/THEIR NAMES ARE RECORDED/IN THE ARCHIVES OF THEIR/COUNTRY/ACT OF THIRTIETH/GENERAL ASSEMBLY (On right side of base:) THEY SHALL HUNGER NO/MORE NEITHER THIRST/ANY MORE NEITHER SHALL/THE SUN LIGHT ON THEM/NOR ANY HEAT FOR THE/LAMB WHICH IS IN THE/MIDST OF THE THRONE/SHALL FEED THEM AND SHALL/LEAD THEM UNTO LIVING/FOUNTAINS OF WATER/AND GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY ALL TEARS FROM/THEIR EYES/REV. VIII:16-17/GOD SMOTE THE SIDE HILL/AND GAVE THEM DRINK/AUGUST 16, 1864 (On back of base:) DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR/(List of names of prisoners of war from Iowa)/ERECTED BYTHE STATE OF IOWA/A.D. 1908 (On left side of base:) DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR/(List of names of prisoners of war from Iowa)/(List of commissioners) unsigned
    Description: 
    A kneeling female figure with her head in her proper right hand is mounted atop a large square base. She rests her proper left arm on her raised proper left knee. A full-length garment falls to the ground covering her legs. The base is adorned on the front with a white marble relief depicting the Iowa state seal.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure female -- Full length
    Allegory -- Place -- Iowa
    Emblem -- Seal
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Andersonville
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia
    Located Andersonville National Historic Site, 496 Cemetery Road, Andersonville, Georgia 31711
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was installed at a cost of $10,000 by the State of Iowa in honor of Iowa prisoners of war who died while at Andersonville Prison. The sculpture was designed and fabricated by Des Moines Marble and Mantel Company. IAS files contain an excerpt from Bill Burnett's "Andersonville Monuments," Andersonville National Historic Site Library (reports dedication date of November 17, 1906); National Park Service Classified Structure Field Inventory Report, Dec. 1975, (reports dedication date of November 16, 1908); an article from Southern Living (June 1993): pg. 8; an Andersonville Official Map and Guide.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1993.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, GA5022, 1989.
    Monumental News, Sept. 1905, pg. 651.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Monumental News, Sept. 1905, pg. 651.
    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 GA000596
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