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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Saville, Bruce Wilder,     History -- United States     History -- United States     History -- United States     Portrait male -- Wayne, Anthony     Occupation -- Military     Ethnic -- Indian     Object -- Weapon     Object -- Weapon     Dress -- Uniform     Dress -- Historic     Dress -- Accessory     Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Monclova     Sculpture

Battle of Fallen Timbers Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Saville, Bruce Wilder, 1893-1938, sculptor. Title:  Battle of Fallen Timbers Monument, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Fallen Timbers Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed 1929. Medium:  Bronze and granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 10 x 8 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 15 ft. x 10 ft. x 5 ft. 6 in. Inscription:  (On front of base:) THE GREENVILLE TREATY/TO GENERAL ANTHONY WAYNE WHO ORGANIZED THE LEGION OF THE/UNITED STATES BY ORDER OF PRESIDENT WASHINGTON AND DEFEATED/CHIEF LITTLE TURTLES WARRIORS HERE AT FALLEN TIMBERS AUGUST 3,/1794. THIS VICTORY LED TO THE TREATY OF GREENVILLE AUGUST 3, 1795./WHICH OPENED MUCH OF THE PRESENT STATE OF OHIO TO WHITE SETTLERS (Right side of base:) INDIAN WARFARE/IN MEMORY OF THE WHITE/SETTLERS MASSACRED 1783-1794 (On back of base:) THE BATTLE OF FALLEN TIMBERS/TO CHIEF LITTLE TURTLE AND HIS BRAVE INDIAN WARRIORS (Left side of base:) ONWARD IN PEACE/TO THE PIONEERS OF OHIO/AND THE GREAT NORTHWEST Description:  Standing atop a four-sided base are three figures: General Anthony Wayne (center), a native American (proper right), and a frontiersman (proper left). Wayne is dressed in military uniform and holds a sword in his proper left hand. The Indian stands slightly behind, wears a loincloth and feathers, and cradles a peace pipe in his bent proper right arm. The frontiersman is dressed in a hide jacket, hat, and trousers, and with his proper right hand holds the barrel of his musket (its butt almost touches the ground). The figures do not interact; each gazes forward in a slightly different direction. Subject:  History -- United States -- Indian Wars History -- United States -- Westward Expansion History -- United States -- Battle of Fallen Timbers Portrait male -- Wayne, Anthony -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- General Ethnic -- Indian Object -- Weapon -- Gun Object -- Weapon -- Sword Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Dress -- Historic -- Pioneer Dress Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Monclova Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Toledo Metroparks, 5100 West Central Avenue, Toledo, Ohio 43615 Located Fallen Timbers State Memorial, Off Route 24 near Jerome Road, Monclova, Ohio Remarks:  Monument erected on the site of a battle between General Anthony Wayne's forces and a party of Indians led by Chiefs Turkey Foot and Little Turtle in 1794. SOS! files contain transcriptions from several associated plaques at the site. Sculpture registered as a National Historic Landmark in 1962. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Toledo survey, 1993. 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 OH000073   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture OH000073 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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