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    		• Gerhardt, Karl,
     
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    		• New England Monument Company,
     
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    		• Bisbee & Knapp,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Deposit
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Deposit Soldier's Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Gerhardt, Karl, 1853-1940, sculptor.
    New England Monument Company, founder.
    Bisbee & Knapp, contractor.
    Title: 
    Deposit Soldier's Monument, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Civil War Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1887. Dedicated Sept. 27, 1888.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: Barre granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 8 x 2 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 13 x 3 x 3 ft.
    Inscription: 
    KARL GERHARDT (On front of pedestal:) GETTYSBURG/THE BRAVE BOYS IN BLUE/THE FAME OF THEIR HEROISM/IS MORE IMPERISHABLE THAN THE/GRANITE RAISED IN REMEMBRANCE/OF THEIR LOYALTY/1861-1865 (On back of pedestal:) ANTIETAM (On proper left side of pedestal:) VICKSBURG (On proper right side of pedestal:) FAIR OAKS signed
    Description: 
    Full-length figure of a Civil War soldier. He wears a uniform, overcoat and cap. A pouch hangs from his proper right shoulder. He holds the barrel of a rifle with both hands. The stock of the gun rests on the ground in front of him. The bronze sculpture stands atop a tall granite pedestal.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Deposit
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Located Second Street & Monument Street, Deposit, New York
    Remarks: 
    Cost of the monument was $2,750; total expenditure for the monument including installation was $3,000. Funds for the monument were raised through a special tax imposed on the towns of Deposit and Sanford (NY). Additional funds were raised by the two communities through fund-raising activities. IAS files contain related excerpt from the Annual Reunion of the Survivors Association Program, pg. 4-5, 34-37.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1993.
    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 NY001354
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