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Paris Confederate Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Coppini, Pompeo, 1870-1957, sculptor. Zirkel, Otto, contractor. Title:  Paris Confederate Monument, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Confederate Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  1903. Dedicated Oct. 29, 1903. Medium:  Sculpture: metal; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 15 ft. x 90 in. x 90 in.; Base: approx. 14 x 108 x 108 in. Inscription:  Otto ZIRKEL Builder San Antonio TX unsigned Founder's mark appears. Description:  In the center, a soldier in uniform stands on a high pedestal, surrounded by four male busts on lower pedestals. He grasps the barrel of his rifle with both hands and the butt of rifle rests on ground near his proper right foot. The busts on the lower pedestals are Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Albert Sidney Johnston and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Figure group -- Male Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Object -- Weapon -- Gun Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Portrait male -- Davis, Jefferson -- Bust Portrait male -- Lee, Robert E. -- Bust Occupation -- Military -- General Occupation -- Education Portrait male -- Johnston, Albert Sidney -- Bust Portrait male -- Jackson, Stonewall -- Bust Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Paris Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Lamar County Commissioners Court, 119 North Main, Paris, Texas 75460 Located Lamar County Courthouse, Paris, Texas Remarks:  Nearby plaque reads: Our heroes/1861-1865/Confederate/erected by Lamar/Chapter No. 258/UDC 1903. IAS files contain an excerpt from a book titled "From Dawn to Sunset" by Pompeo Coppini, Naylor Publishers, San Antonio, 1949, pg. 92-93. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1993. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, TX2003, 1989. Monumental News, Oct. 1903, pg. 614. 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 TX000460   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture TX000460 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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