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Colonel Jacob Weiss, (sculpture). Artist:  Brinkman Bros., contractor. Title:  Colonel Jacob Weiss, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Weiss Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed 1916. Dedicated Sept. 25, 1916. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: Westerly granite; Base: Barre granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 5 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 11 x 8 x 8 ft. Inscription:  (On front of base:) IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF/COLONEL JACOB WEISS/A SOLDIER OF THE/REVOLUTIONARY WAR,/DONOR OF THIS PARK (On back of base:) MEMORIAL COMMITTEE/GEORGE ENZIAN HARRY TRAINER/PAUL NIEHOFF M.S. JORDAN/GEORGE MORTHIMER Description:  Full-length portrait of Colonel Jacob Weiss. He wears Revolutionary War military uniform including a tail coat with epaulettes, vest, breeches, knee-high boots and bi-corner hat. He stands in front of a tree stump. His proper right hand grasps the front lapel of his overcoat. The granite sculpture stands atop a tall granite pedestal. Subject:  Portrait male -- Weiss, Jacob -- Full length History -- United States -- Revolution Occupation -- Military -- Colonel Occupation -- Industry -- Mining Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Lehighton Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Borough of Lehighton, P. O. Box 29, Lehighton, Pennsylvania 18235 Located Town Square, 1st Street & South Street, Lehighton, Pennsylvania Remarks:  Weiss was deputy quartermaster-general during the Revolutionary War. After the war he settled to farm in the Lehigh Valley and was part owner of the Lehigh Coal-Mine Company. The sculpture was installed by Brinkman Brothers for a contract sum of $3,050. Funds for the sculpture were raised through public subscription. IAS files contain copy of related articles from Lehighton Evening Leader, Aug. 14, 1916, pg. 1 and Sept. 26, 1916, pg. 1-2, 4. and Sunday Call-Chronicle (Allentown, PA), Jan. 1, 1953, pg. 27. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. Lehighton Evening Leader, Sept. 26, 1916. 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 PA001658   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA001658 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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