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Presbry Coykendall Company,
History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Object -- Other
Animal -- Bird
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Weatherly
Sculpture
Civil War Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Presbry Coykendall Company, fabricator.
Title:
Civil War Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
1906. Dedicated Nov. 3, 1906.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: Barre granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 10 x 2 x 1 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 10 x 4 x 4 ft.
Inscription:
(On front of base:) 1861-1865/OUR COUNTRY'S CRISIS/ERECTED/BY THE CITIZENS OF/WEATHERLY/AND VICINITY/A.D. 1906/IN MEMORY OF ITS NOBLE/DEFENDERS (On back of base:) THAT WE HERE HIGHLY RESOLVE/THAT THESE DEAD SHALL NOT/HAVE DIED IN VAIN THAT THIS/NATION UNDER GOD SHALL HAVE/A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM AND/THAT GOVERNMENT OF THE/PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, AND/FOR THE PEOPLE SHALL NOT/PERISH FROM THE EARTH/A. LINCOLN unsigned
Description:
Full-length figure of a Civil War standard bearer. He has a moustache and wears a uniform and cap. He holds the flag against the proper left side of his body. The flagpole is topped with an eagle. In his proper right hand he holds a sword. The bronze sculpture stands atop a Barre granite base.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object -- Other -- Flag
Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Weatherly
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Borough of Weatherly, 10 Wilbur Street, Weatherly, Pennsylvania 18255
Located Town Square, Main Street, Weatherly, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
The memorial was installed through the efforts of the Colonel James Miller Post No. 273 of the Grand Army of the Republic. Cost of the sculpture was $1,525. Funds for the monument were raised in the community. Land for the monument was donated by the Weatherly school board. The sculpture was restored in the late 1960s. In Nov. 1972 the sculpture was toppled by vandals and damaged. The sculpture was repaired, repainted, and reinstalled later that same month. IAS files contain copies of related articles from Weatherly Herald, Nov. 1 and 6, 1972 showing the sculpture toppled from the base and as it looked following the restoration and reinstallation; and Nov. 7 and 14, 1974 detailing the history of the sculpture. IAS image files show the sculpture when it was placed in storage at the Weatherly Borough Garage.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Weatherly Herald, Nov. 6, 1972.
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 PA001483
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Inventory of American Sculpture
PA001483
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