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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Ward, John Quincy Adams,     White, Edward B.,     Viett, E. T.,     George Fischer & Brother,     Portrait male -- Simms, William Gilmore     Occupation -- Writer     Occupation -- Writer     Outdoor Sculpture -- South Carolina -- Charleston     Sculpture

William Gilmore Simms, (sculpture). Artist:  Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910, sculptor. White, Edward B., architect. Viett, E. T., assistant. George Fischer & Brother, founder. Title:  William Gilmore Simms, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Monument to William Gilmore Simms, (sculpture). Simms Bust, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1878. Dedicated June 11, 1879. Medium:  Bust: bronze; Base: South Carolina granite and brick. Dimensions:  Bust: approx. 3 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 8 ft. x 56 1/2 in. x 56 1/2 in. Inscription:  J Q A WARD, SCULP GEO FISCHER & BRO/BRONZE FOUNDRY NY (On front of base:) SIMMS/WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS/1806-1870/AUTHOR, JOURNALIST, HISTORIAN (On back of base:) THIS MONUMENT DEDICATED JUNE 11, 1879 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Bust of William Gilmore Simms on a multi-tiered base. Subject:  Portrait male -- Simms, William Gilmore -- Bust Occupation -- Writer -- Author Occupation -- Writer -- Journalist Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- South Carolina -- Charleston Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Charleston, Department of Parks, 30 Mary Murray Drive, Charleston, South Carolina 29403 Located Battery, White Point Garden, 2 Murray Drive, Charleston, South Carolina 29401 Remarks:  William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870) was a native of Charleston and a writer called "the antebellum South's leading man of letters." The Simms Memorial Association initiated the creation of a bust of Simms in 1872. The Clyde Steamship Line brought the finished work to Charleston without charge, the Carolina Art Association agreed to underwrite the costs of having it mounted, and a Winnsboro quarry donated several blocks of South Carolina granite. Colonel Edward B. White was the architect of the base, and E. T. Viett erected the base. The monument was dedicated on the ninth anniversary of Simm's death. Initially the monument bore the single word SIMMS and the date of dedication; the present inscription was added ca. 1950s. IAS files contain copy of newspaper article from the Post Courier (Charleston, SC), Sept. 29, 1977, which includes biographical information about Simms and the history of the monument. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Carolina survey, 1993. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, SC0010, 1989. Monumental News, June, 1894, pg. 281. Sharp, Lewis I., "John Quincy Adams Ward Dean of American Sculpture," Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1985, no. 60. Inventory staff, 2001. Illustration:  Sharp, Lewis I., "John Quincy Adams Ward Dean of American Sculpture," Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1985, pg. 192. 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 76008180   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76008180 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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