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Blai, Boris,
Portrait male -- Meade, George Gordon
Occupation -- Military
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Barnegat Lighthouse
Sculpture
General Meade, (sculpture).
Artist:
Blai, Boris, 1893-1985, sculptor.
Title:
General Meade, (sculpture).
Medium:
Bust: bronze; Base: brick.
Inscription:
(Upper plaque on front of base:) A/PORTRAIT IN BRONZE/OF/THE CREATOR OF/BARNEGAT/LIGHTHOUSE/LT. GENERAL/GEORGE/GORDON MEADE/BY Boris Blai (Lower plaque on front of base has a lengthy, raised inscription)
Description:
Bearded bust of General Meade in uniform, mounted atop a base with two inscribed plaques.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Meade, George Gordon -- Bust
Occupation -- Military -- General
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Barnegat Lighthouse
Sculpture
Owner:
Barnegat Lighthouse State Park, Barnegat Lighthouse, New Jersey
Remarks:
General George Gordon Meade, the commander of Union forces at the Battle of Gettysburg, was the creator of Barnegat Lighthouse.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1996.
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 NJ000121
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
NJ000121
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