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Walsh, Charles M.,
Petersburg Marble Works,
History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Farmville
Sculpture
Untitled, (sculpture).
Artist:
Walsh, Charles M., sculptor.
Petersburg Marble Works, fabricator.
Title:
Untitled, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Confederate Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated Oct. 11, 1900.
Medium:
Figure: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. H. 7 ft.; Base: approx. H. 19 ft.
Inscription:
(Front of base:) 1861 VIRGINIA 1865/DEFENDERS OF/(Seal of Virginia)/STATE SOVEREIGNTY./CONFEDERATE HEROES (On one side of upper base:) ERECTED BY/CONFEDERATE VETERANS/AND THE DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY/OCT. 11, 1900. (On other upper side of base:) LIST OF COMPANIES ORGANIZED/IN THE COUNTRY 1861/(list of seven names follows)
Description:
A Civil War soldier stands holding his rifle horizontally on his proper right side. He wears a slouch hat and has his blanket roll over his proper left shoulder and across his chest. The soldier stands on an inscribed, multitiered base with columns, and four cannonballs on each lower corner. The memorial is atop a multitiered, circular platform.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Farmville
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Town of Farmville, Farmville, Virginia 23901
Located Corner of Randolph & High Streets, Farmville, Virginia
Remarks:
Erected by Confederate veterans and the Daughters of the Confederacy.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995.
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 VA000183
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VA000183
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