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Tarbox, O. S.,
Red Beach Granite Works,
History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Object -- Weapon
Outdoor Sculpture -- Maine -- Lubec
Sculpture
Soldiers' Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Tarbox, O. S., sculptor. (possibly by)
Red Beach Granite Works, fabricator. (possibly by)
Title:
Soldiers' Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated 1904.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: granite; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft.; Base: approx. H. 9 1/2 x 8 x 8 ft.
Inscription:
(Incised on upper north side of base:) ANTIETAM/APPAMATTOX (Incised on upper east side of base:) GETTYSBURG/PETERSBURG (Incised on upper south side of base:) RAPPAHANNOCK STATION/FORT FISHER (Incised on upper west side of base:) MARIE'S HEIGHTS/NEW ORLEANS (On lower north side of base, raised:) 1904/LUBEC/TO HER LOYAL SONS WHO ON LAND AND WATER/1861 IMPERILED THEIR LIVES FOR THE UNION 1865 (On east side of base:) Wm. M. Brawn POST/No. 138 GAR (On lower west side of base:) ON FAME'S ETERNAL CAMPING GROUND/THERE SILENT TENTS WERE SPREAD/AND GLORY GUARDS WITH SOLOMN (sic) BOUND/THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD unsigned
Description:
A full-length standing figure of a Civil War soldier dressed in uniform, with cap, knee-length coat, shoulder cape and belt, and baggy pants. He holds the barrel of a rifle in both hands, with butt end on the ground. He wears a moustache. He stands on a tiered rectangular base, with columns on each end. At each lower corner of the base is a sculpted Civil War era field mortar.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object -- Weapon -- Gun
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Maine -- Lubec
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Town of Lubec, School Street, Lubec, Maine 04652
Located Main Street, Lubec, Maine
Remarks:
The installation of the sculpture and the creation of the base may have been the work of O. S. Tarbox of the Red Beach Granite Works. The sculpture is often thought to be copy after Martin Milmore based on an article titled "Soldier Boy Statues" published in Landmarks Observer (May-June 1981), which vaguely notes that Maine's soldier statues are copies of Milmore's soldier figure done in 1867.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maine 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 ME000049
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