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Clark & Company,
History -- United States
Portrait male -- Logan, Robert D.
Occupation -- Military
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Dress -- Accessory
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Danville
Sculpture
Confederate Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Clark & Company, fabricator.
Title:
Confederate Monument, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
To Confederate Dead, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated May 20, 1910.
Medium:
Figure: Carrara marble; Base: Barre granite.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 7 ft. x 18 in. x 18 in.; Base: approx. 12 ft. 6 in. x 7 ft. 9 in. x 7 ft. 9 in.
Inscription:
(Front of base:) CSA/UDC (as a monogram)/1861-1865/ERECTED BY THE U. D. C./AND THE VETERANS/OF THE C. S. A. OF BOYLE CO./TO THE CONFEDERATE DEAD (Back of base:) WHAT THEY WERE THE WHOLE WORLD KNOWS
Description:
Standing figure of a Confederate officer, Captain Robert D. Logan, in uniform atop a tall four-sided base articulated with pillars and a stepped plinth. Figure is dressed in knee-length officer's coat, trousers, and boots; holds hat in proper right hand which hangs down at side. Proper left hand is extended forward and may originally have rested on a sword, now missing. Figure stands in contrapposto and gazes forward.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Portrait male -- Logan, Robert D. -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Captain
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Danville
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Presbyterian Church, 500 Main Street, Danville, Kentucky 40422
Located McDowell Park, Near corner of College & Main Streets, Danville, Kentucky
Remarks:
Logan, resident of Boyle County, served in the 6th Kentucky Cavalry under General John H. Morgan. Monument was erected by the Kate Morrison Breckenridge Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy and veterans of Boyle County. IAS files contain related newsclipping from Kentucky Advocate (Danville, KY) dated May 18, 1968.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kentucky survey, 1993.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, KY0078, 1989.
Monumental News, June 1910, pg. 440.
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 KY000007
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