Login My List - 0 Help
	Search   Search Images   About

Keyword Browse Combined Highlights Search History All Catalogs

Search:  Artist BrowseTitle BrowseSubject BrowseObject Type Browse Owner Browse       Refine Search     > You are only searching: Art Inventories

More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Unknown,     History -- United States     History -- United States     History -- United States     Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham     Portrait male -- Sheridan, Philip Henry     Portrait male -- Grant, Ulysses S.     Portrait male -- Sherman, William Tecumseh     Occupation -- Military     Figure male -- Full length     Object -- Weapon     Dress -- Uniform     Outdoor Sculpture -- Vermont -- Highgate     Sculpture

Soldier's Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  Soldier's Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated July 12, 1911. Medium:  White bronze. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 16 ft.; Base: approx. W. 4 ft. 4 in. D. 4 ft. 4 in. Inscription:  (Base front:) Erected under the auspices of the/13th Vermont Regimental Association/and presented to the Town of Highgate/ July 12, 1911 by/Henry Benjamin Meigs, Company K, 13th Vermont Volunteer Infantry/to the honor of the Patriotic Soldiers of Highgate. For our Independence Sarg. Benjamin Stone Meigs, a soldier of the Revolution and with Washington at Valley Forge./John Johnson at Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth. (The other sides of the base list 196 names of soldiers in the Civil War, 5 soldiers in the Spanish-American War, the War of 1812 and the Mexican War) Description:  A soldier in Civil War uniform, standing at parade rest. He holds a rifle in front of him. The upper die bears portraits in bas-relief of Lincoln, Grant, Sherman and Sheridan; and the middle die is ornamented with G.A.R. badge, crossed muskets, crossed swords and crossed canon. The base is inscribed with the names of the principle battlefields in which Highgate soldiers fought - Gettysburg, Wildnerness, Petersburg, and Appomattox. The plinth contains memorials to Sergeant Benjamin Stone Meigs and others who fought in the War of 1812-1814. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War History -- United States -- War of 1812 History -- United States -- Mexican War Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham -- Bust Portrait male -- Sheridan, Philip Henry -- Bust Portrait male -- Grant, Ulysses S. -- Bust Portrait male -- Sherman, William Tecumseh -- Bust Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Figure male -- Full length Object -- Weapon -- Gun Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Vermont -- Highgate Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Town of Highgate, Route 78, Highgate, Vermont 05459 Located Main Street, Park, Highgate, Vermont 05459 Remarks:  IAS file contain copies of the articles from Swanton Courier (Swanton, VT), July 13, 1911 and Ralph Sturtevant and Carmi Lathrop Marsh's book, "Thirteenth Regiment Vermont Volunteers," N.p., 1910, pg. 894. The statue was the gift of Captain H. B. Meigs, of Baltimore, to his native city. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Vermont survey, 1992. Swanton Courier (Swanton, VT), July 13, 1911. Sturtevant, Ralph & Carmi Lathrop Marsh, "Thirteenth Regiment Vermont Volunteers," N.p., 1910, pg. 894. 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 VT000198   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture VT000198 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382

About | © 2020 Smithsonian | Terms of Use | Privacy | Contact