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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     McVey, William,     Watkins, William Ward,     Gorham Manufacturing Company,     Portrait male -- Bowie, James     Occupation -- Military     Object -- Weapon     Object -- Weapon     Emblem -- Seal     Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Texarkana     Sculpture

James Bowie, (sculpture). Artist:  McVey, William, 1905- , sculptor. Watkins, William Ward, architect. Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder. Title:  James Bowie, (sculpture). Dates:  1936. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: pink Marble Falls granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 7 x 8 x 8 ft. Inscription:  (On proper left side of self-base:) WM. M. MCVEY (On back of self-base:) GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS (On proper right and proper left sides of base:) Erected by/the state of Texas/1936 (On front of base:) JAMES BOWIE/HERO OF THE ALAMO/"THEY NEVER FAIL WHO/DIE IN A JUST CAUSE."/LOVE OF ADVENTURE/BROUGHT THE YOUNG/SOUTH CAROLINIAN TO/TEXAS WITH JAMES LONG/IN 1819. ROMANCE MADE/OF HIM A MEXICAN/CITIZEN AND WON FOR/HIM IN SAN ANTONIO A/SPANISH BRIDE, URSULA/VERAMENDI. (On back of base:) DREAMS OF A FABULOUS/WEALTH LURED BOWIE TO/THE SAN SABA REGION,/WHERE HE MET AN/UNEXPECTED INDIAN/ATTACK WITH/UNFLINCHING COURAGE./AGAINST THE POLITICAL/AND MILITARY TYRANT/WHO THREATENED THE/FREEDOM OF TEXAS, HIS/ARM WAS REPEATEDLY/RAISED UNTIL HE FELL,/AMONG THE LAST/DEFENDERS OF THE/ALAMO, MARCH 6, 1836. signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Full-length figure of James Bowie. He kneels on his proper left knee. He holds a rifle barrel with his proper right hand; the butt of the gun rests on the ground by his proper right foot. He holds the holster containing his knife with his proper left hand. He wears a buckskin tunic and trousers with long boots. The bronze figure rests on a pink granite base. Bronze bas-relief seals of the state of Texas are found on each side of the base. Subject:  Portrait male -- Bowie, James -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Object -- Weapon -- Gun Object -- Weapon -- Dagger Emblem -- Seal Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Texarkana Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Texarkana, City Manager's Office, P. O. Box 1967, Texarkana, Texas 75504 Located City Park, 800 State Line Avenue, Texarkana, Texas Remarks:  The sculpture, which cost $7,500, was funded by the Texas state Commission for Texas Centennial Celebrations. Watkins designed the base of the monument. IAS files contain copy of related excerpt from Harold Schoen's "Monuments Erected by the State of Texas to Commemorate the Centenary of Texas Independence", Austin: Commission for Texas Centennial Celebrations, 1938, pg. 68. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Schoen, Harold, compiler, "Monuments Erected by the State of Texas to Commemorate the Centenary of Texas Independence", Austin: Commission for Texas Centennial Celebrations, 1938, pg. 68. 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 TX001046   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture TX001046 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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