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History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Erie
Sculpture
(Erie Civil War Monument), (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
(Erie Civil War Monument), (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed May 30, 1907.
Medium:
Statue: gray granite; Base: gray granite.
Dimensions:
Statue: approx. H. 6 ft.; Base: approx. H. 9 ft.
Inscription:
(On front midsection of base, incised:) IN MEMORY/OF THE/SOLDIERS AND SAILORS/OF THE WAR OF/1861--1865./ERECTED MAY 30, 1907,/UNDER THE AUSPICES OF/ERIE POST No 311/DEPARTMENT OF KANSAS. (On lower front of base, raised:) G.A.R. (On lower back of base, raised:) G.A.R. (On lower side of base, raised:) G.A.R. (On other lower side of base, raised:) G.A.R.
Description:
A figure of a mustached Civil War soldier, dressed in a waist-length jacket, and a kepi, stands at parade rest holding the barrel of a rifle with both hands, the butt rests at his feet. The soldier wears a belt around his waist with a hanging bayonet in a scabbard on the proper left side and a small square cartridge pouch in front to proper left side of center. The figure is placed atop a tall multitiered base that is decorated around the perimeter of the top section with incised stars and a castellated design.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Occupation -- Military -- Sailor
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Erie
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Erie, Erie, Kansas
Located Erie City Cemetery, Erie, Kansas
Remarks:
Title supplied by Inventory cataloger.
Erected under the patronage of Erie Post No. 311, Department of Kansas to honor the soldiers and sailors who served in the Civil War. For related information see: Kansas Historical Quarterly, 11 (1910): pg. 265.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas 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 KS000296
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