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Ghiglieri, Lorenzo E.,
Portrait male -- Bowie, James
Object -- Weapon
Object -- Weapon
Occupation -- Military
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- New Boston
Sculpture
James Bowie, (sculpture).
Artist:
Ghiglieri, Lorenzo E., 1931- , sculptor.
Title:
James Bowie, (sculpture).
Dates:
1986. Dedicated June 28, 1986.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. x 4 ft. 3 in.; Base: approx. 10 ft. x 2 ft. 6 in. x 5 ft.
Inscription:
(On front of base:) JAMES BOWIE/1795-1836/JAMES BOWIE WAS AT ONE TIME A FARMER,/A LOGGER, A SCOUT, A GUIDE, A LAND AGENT,/AND A COLONEL IN THE TEXAS RANGERS./HE IS BETTER KNOWN, HOWEVER, FOR THE/KNIFE THAT BEARS HIS NAME AND HIS/DEATH AT THE ALAMO./FIGHTING FOR TEXAS INDEPENDENCE AT THE/ALAMO, JAMES BOWIE WAS KILLED ON/MARCH 6, 1836. ON DECEMBER 4, 1840,/BOWIE COUNTY WAS NAMED IN HIS HONOR./THE NEARBY JAMES BOWIE SCHOOL DISTRICT,/ORGANIZED MAY 14, 1935, ALSO BEARS HIS NAME. (On proper left side of base:) GOLD STAR COUNTY/OUT OF 254 TEXAS COUNTIES, ONLY 37 SHARE/THE DISTINCTION OF BEING ESTABLISHED/WHILE TEXAS WAS A REPUBLIC, FROM 1836/THROUGH 1845./BOWIE COUNTY, CREATED ON DECEMBER 17, 1840,/IS ONE OF THESE GOLD STAR COUNTIES.
(On proper right side of base:) DEDICATED/JUNE 28, 1986/BY/TEXAS GOVERNOR MARK WHITE ARKANSAS GOVERNOR BILL CLINTON/TEXAS SESQUICENTENNIAL ARKANSAS SESQUICENTENNIAL/150 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE 150 YEARS OF STATEHOOD/BOWIE COUNTY SESQUICENTENNIAL COMMITTEE/IDA LOU MOORES AMES, CHAIRPERSON RUBY NELL HART/JETTY LOONEY DUFFER MARSHA CUNNINGHAM TELFORD (On back of base:) COMMISSIONERS COURT/COUNTY JUDGE, ED MILLER/COMMISSIONERS/ DALE BARRETT L.B. GRIMES/PAUL FANNIN DEXTER HENRY
Description:
Full-length portrait of James Bowie. He wears frontiersman's clothing including a homespun shirt and knee-high boots. A powder horn is tied to a strap over his proper left shoulder. He holds the barrel of a rifle with his proper left hand; the butt of the gun rests on the ground in front of him. His proper left leg is forward and his proper left foot rests on a rock. He carries a Bowie knife in his proper right hand. The bronze sculpture stands on a polished granite base.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Bowie, James -- Full length
Object -- Weapon -- Gun
Object -- Weapon -- Dagger
Occupation -- Military -- Colonel
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- New Boston
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Bowie County, Commissioner's Court, P. O. Box 238, New Boston, Texas 75570
Located Bowie County Courthouse, New Boston, Texas
Remarks:
The sculpture, which cost $88,000, was paid for by a grant from the Alumax Corporation. IAS files contain copy of related article from Texarkana Gazette, July 20, 1986.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Texarkana Gazette, July 20, 1986.
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 TX001017
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