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Illinois Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Mulligan, Charles J., 1866-1916, sculptor. Triebel, Frederick Ernst, b. 1865, sculptor. Jenny, William Le Baron, architect. Title:  Illinois Memorial, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Illinois State Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  1905-1906. Dedicated Oct. 26, 1906. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Exterior: Georgia ganite and marble; Base and steps: Stone Mountain Georgia granite; Female figures: white marble; Eagle: bronze with gold leaf; Tablets: bronze. Inscription:  (Bronze plaque on rear of rotunda:) ILLINOIS ERECTS THIS MONUMENT/IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE SERVICES/THE SUFFERINGS... (text continues) unsigned Description:  A Civil War memorial modeled after the Pantheon in Rome is comprised of a large rotunda with three medallion portraits in Georgia marble. The rotunda is fronted by a gabled portico with carved pediment relief of three female figures, surmounted by a bronze eagle. 47 granite steps lead up to the portico and rotunda. There are 60 bronze tablets on the interior which depict Illinois soldiers. The floor of the structure contains a marble mosaic which forms the Illinois State Seal. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Architecture -- Classical Figure male -- Bust Animal -- Bird -- Eagle Figure group -- Female Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Emblem -- Seal Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Vicksburg Pediment Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia Administered by Vicksburg National Military Park, 3201 Clay Street, Box 349, Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180 Located Vicksburg National Military Park, Old Jackson Road, Stop #2, Vicksburg, Mississippi Remarks:  Index of American Sculpture files at the University of Delaware list artist as Triebel. The American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database lists the monument's cost as $250,000. The monument is on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures (LCS no. 07276). IAS files contain a copy of the LCS report form. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MS5026, 1989. Monumental News, June 1905, pg. 414. Vicksburg National Military Park, 1988. 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 77006444   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 77006444 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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