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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Whitehead, J. T.,     Evans, M. M.,     J. T. Whitehead & Company,     History -- United States     Figure male -- Full length     Occupation -- Military     Dress -- Uniform     Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Jackson     Sculpture

(Confederate Monument), (sculpture). Artist:  Whitehead, J. T., sculptor. Evans, M. M., contractor. J. T. Whitehead & Company, fabricator. Title:  (Confederate Monument), (sculpture). Dates:  1888-1890. Dedicated June 3, 1891. Medium:  Sculpture: marble and limestone; Columns: polished red granite; Doors: galvanized iron; Base: concrete and limestone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 55 ft. 8 in.; Base: approx. 4 ft. 8 in. x 24 ft. x 24 ft. Inscription:  (On north and south sides of chamber:) TO THE CONFEDERATE DEAD OF MISSISSIPPI Description:  A chamber on a three-tiered base supports a spire which is topped by a uniformed Confederate soldier standing with his rifle at parade rest. The chamber is octagonal in shape. It has decorative doors on the east and west sides. These doors are each flanked by round polished columns which support porticos. The spires contain relief images of the Confederacy. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Jackson Sculpture Owner:  State of Mississippi, Department of Archives and History, 100 South State Street, Capers Building, P. O. Box 571, Jackson, Mississippi 39205 Remarks:  Erected by the Ladies Monument Association in memory of Mississippi Confederate soldiers. The foundation was laid in 1888 by M. M. Evans and the limestone used was quarried in Bowling Green, Kentucky and Bedford, Indiana. The figure was modeled after John M. Stone and George M. Govan, former Confederate officers. Stone, Governor of Mississippi from 1890-1896, was the head model and a photograph of Govan wearing a private's uniform was used for the body. The chamber once housed a statue of Jefferson Davis. The Davis statue was moved to the State Capitol, later the Old Capitol Museum, in 1922. IAS files include the text of the inscriptions on the inside of the chamber, detailed dimensions and related articles from the Clarion-Ledger, June 4, 1891 and June 17, 1979 and the Jackson Daily News, Dec. 4, 1974. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1994. SOS Assessment Award, 1999. 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 MS000383   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MS000383 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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