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(Lancaster County Confederate Monument), (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  (Lancaster County Confederate Monument), (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated July 1872. Medium:  Sculpture: white Georgia marble; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 25 ft. Inscription:  (In center on front of obelisk:) 1872 (On raised marble plaque on front of obelisk:) TO/THE GALLANT SONS/OF LANCASTER/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THE/CAUSE OF THEIR NATIVE STATE/AND THE SOUTH/THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED/BY THE/LADIES MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION/OF LANCASTER COUNTY/VIRGINIA (On side of marble obelisk, and on three bronze plaques attached to base are listed 457 names.) unsigned Description:  White marble obelisk. On the front of the obelisk near the center, is a bas-relief scene depicting a slain Confederate soldier. He is lying in front of a tent and holds a sword in his proper right hand. Next to the tent is a stack of rifles. The soldier is being tended by an angel in long, flowing robes. The angel is laying a laurel wreath on the soldier's head. Behind her, on the left side of the relief is a cannon on wheels. The obelisk stands on a granite base. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Religion -- Angel Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Architecture -- Domestic -- Tent State of Being -- Death Object -- Weapon -- Gun Object -- Weapon -- Cannon Object -- Weapon -- Sword Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Lancaster Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United Daughters of the Confederacy, Lancaster County Chapter, Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library, Box 97, Lancaster, Virginia 22503 Located Lancaster Courthouse, Route 3, Lancaster, Virginia Remarks:  IAS files contain transcription of all names engraved on the monument and listed on the bronze plaques. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995. 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 VA000489   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture VA000489 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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