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  • Viquesney, E. M.,
     
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  • History -- United States
     
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  • Figure male -- Full length
     
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  • Occupation -- Military
     
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  • Dress -- Uniform
     
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  • Object -- Weapon
     
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  • Object -- Weapon
     
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  • Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Pikeville
     
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  • Sculpture
     
     
    The Spirit of the American Doughboy, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Viquesney, E. M., 1876-1946, sculptor.
    Title: 
    The Spirit of the American Doughboy, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Copyrighted 1920, 1934.; Installed 1920.
    Medium: 
    Metal on marble base.
    Dimensions: 
    Life-size.
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque mounted on front of base:) 1917 1918 / PIKE COUNTY / KENTUCKY / THEY GAVE THEIR ALL / IN THEIR / COUNTRY'S SERVICE / (...illegible honor roll) / LEST WE FORGET
    Description: 
    Figure of a World War I infantryman advancing through the stumps and barbed wire of No Man's Land. He holds a rifle in his proper left hand and a grenade in his upraised proper right hand. Figure is mounted on a marble base on which rectangular metal plaques are attached.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- World War I
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object -- Weapon -- Gun
    Object -- Weapon -- Grenade
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Pikeville
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Located Pike County Courthouse, Courthouse square, Pikeville, Kentucky
    References: 
    Wesley, T. Perry, 1991.
    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 47260048
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