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Peck, Emily Ewing,
History -- United States
Portrait male -- Shurtleff, Giles Waldo
Occupation -- Military
Occupation -- Education
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Oberlin
Sculpture
Giles Waldo Shurtleff, (sculpture).
Artist:
Peck, Emily Ewing, sculptor.
Title:
Giles Waldo Shurtleff, (sculpture).
Dates:
1898. Cast ca. 1911. Dedicated May 30, 1911.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft.; Base: approx. 3 1/2 ft. x 3 ft. x 28 in.
Inscription:
f.f.p. (On lower front of sculpture:) .FREEDOM CAN NOT BE GIVEN. IT MUST BE ACHIEVED. (On bronze plaque on front of base:) 1831 GILES WALDO SHURTLEFF 1904/BELIEVING IN THE ABILITY OF THE NEGRO/TO AID IN THE FIGHT FOR HIS FREEDOM/HE ORGANIZED/THE FIRST REGIMENT OF COLORED TROOPS RAISED IN OHIO./INSPIRED BY HIS LEADERSHIP/THEY OFFERED THEIR LIVES FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE RACE. (On bronze plaque on rear of base:) CAPTAIN CO.C.-OBERLIN STUDENTS-7TH REGT. OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, 1861/PRISONER OF WAR AUGUST 1861-AUG. 1862/ON STAFF OF GENERAL WILCOX 9th ARMY CORPS OCTOBER 1862-MARCH 1863/ENGAGED IN THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG DECEMBER 1862/LIEUT. COLONEL AND COLONEL 5th U.S. COLORED TROOPS JULY 1863-JUNE 1865/BEFORE PETERSBURG THIS REGIMENT LAY/TWO MONTHS IN THE TRENCHES UNDER DAILY FIRE./NEARLY HALF ITS MEN WERE LOST AND HE WAS SEVERLY (sic) WOUNDED/IN THE CHARGE ON NEW MARKET SEPTEMBER 1864/BREWETTED (sic) BRIGADIER GENERAL MARCH 18(...transcription illegible) signed
Description:
Giles Waldo Shurtleff stands dressed in a colonel's uniform. He wears a double-breasted jacket with large round buttons. A sword sheath and tassel hang at his proper left side from a wide belt. His head is turned to his proper right and he is looking off into the distance. His proper right arm is fully extended and he is pointing with his index finger. His proper left hand is clutching a scroll. He appears to be addressing a crowd. The sculpture is mounted atop a short base atop a rough-hewn block.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Portrait male -- Shurtleff, Giles Waldo -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- General
Occupation -- Education -- Teacher
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Oberlin
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Oberlin College, Division of Operations, 70 Professor Street, Coy Administration Building, Oberlin, Ohio 44074
Located Corner of South Professor & Morgan Streets, Oberlin, Ohio
Remarks:
The sculpture honors Brigadier-General Giles Waldo Shurtleff (1831-1904), born in Quebec, Canada, who organized the first regiment of African-American troops in Ohio during the Civil War. After the war he taught Latin at Oberlin College. The artist donated the plaster cast of the sculpture to Oberlin College. The artist intended to create an allegorical sculpture grouping of two figures to commemorate the participation of African-American soldiers in the Civil War. The second figure was to be an African-American man kneeling in a cotton field, spilling his cotton basket to reach for a rifle the General was handing him. The artist moved from Oberlin before finding a suitable model for the second figure. General Shurtleff modelled for the sculpture in 1898. The plaster cast of the sculpture was exhibited at Spear Library, Oberlin College during 1898.
The Shurtleff family had the sculpture cast in bronze in 1911 and Mrs. Shurtleff donated it to the College. A dedication ceremony was held at the College on Memorial Day, 1911. For related reading see Alumni Magazine (Oberlin College), June, 1911, pg. 305-325, and Jan./Feb. 1976. IAS files contain related articles from Oberlin News, Sept. 1898; The Oberlin Review, Sept. 28, 1898, May 19, 1911, and May 26, 1911; and the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram, March 25, 1992, pg. B-1. IAS files contain copies of two letters from the artist's family and the Shurtleff family discussing the sculpture.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cleveland survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Elyria Chronicle-Telegram, March 25, 1992, pg. B-1.
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 OH000553
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Inventory of American Sculpture
OH000553
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