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    		• Monumental Bronze Company,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Copenhagen
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Civil War Soldier, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Monumental Bronze Company, founder.
    Title: 
    Civil War Soldier, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated 1893.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: zinc; Base: zinc.
    Dimensions: 
    Overall: approx. H. 20 ft.; Base: approx. W. 7 1/2 ft. x D. 7 1/2 ft.
    Inscription: 
    Monumental Bronze Co., Bridgeport, CT (On base, south face:) IN HONOR OF THE BOYS IN BLUE ERECTED 1893 BY APPROPRIATION FROM THE TOWN AND SUBSCRIPTIONS FROM MANY CITIZENS AND DEDICATED TO THE VETERANS OF THE WAR OF 1861-1865, FROM THE TOWN OF DENMARK AND VICINITY (Names of veterans of the 20th New York Cavalry and 5th New York Artillery follow) (On base, east face:) THEY NEED NO MONUMENT WHO FOUGHT AND DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY, BUT THEIR COUNTRY EVER NEEDS THE MEMORY AND INSPIRATION OF THEIR EXAMPLE (Names of veterans of the 20th New York Cavalry follow) (The west face of the base has the names of members of the F. M. Leonard Post #525, Department of New York Grand Army of the Republic) (The north face of the base lists the names of veterans of the 5th New York Artillery) Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Full-length figure of a uniformed Union color bearer stands atop an ornate base. The figure has a moustache and wears a caped coat and cap. He holds a flag on its pole in his proper left hand. His proper right hand is on the handle of his sword, on his proper left hip.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Copenhagen
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Village of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, New York
    Located Highway 12, Copenhagen, New York
    Remarks: 
    Erected by members of the F. M. Leonard Post 525, Department of New York, Grand Army of the Republic.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
    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 NY001021
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