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History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Object -- Weapon
Emblem
Outdoor Sculpture -- Nebraska -- Sterling
Sculpture
Untitled (Civil War Memorial), (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Untitled (Civil War Memorial), (sculpture).
Other Titles:
(Civil War Memorial), (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated Sept. 1894.
Medium:
Figure: stone; Base: concrete and stone.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 6 ft. x 22 in. x 22 in.; Base: approx. 7 ft. 6 in. x 6 ft. x 5 ft. 10 in.
Inscription:
(On front of uppermost tier of base:) ERECTED BY/SILL POST/(five-pointed star insignia)/No. 99/G.A.R. (On front of second highest tier of base:) IN MEMORY OF/OUR DEAD COMRADES/1894 unsigned
Description:
Standing male figure of soldier with mustache wearing Civil War uniform. Figure stands at ease with both hands holding barrel of rifle. Base is 4-tiered: lowest tier is made of concrete; the next tier up is made of the same stone as the figure; and the upper two tiers have inscriptions.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object -- Weapon -- Gun
Emblem
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Nebraska -- Sterling
Sculpture
Owner:
Town of Sterling, Sterling Cemetery, Highway 41, Sterling, Nebraska 68355
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Nebraska survey, 1994.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, NE7012, 1989.
Monumental News, Oct., Nov. 1894.
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 NE000039
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Inventory of American Sculpture
NE000039
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