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Confederate Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Miller, Ferdinand von, II, 1842-1929, sculptor. Royal Foundry, founder. Muldoon Monument Company, fabricator. Title:  Confederate Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  1895. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figures: bronze; Shaft: granite. Dimensions:  Shaft: approx. H. 50 ft.; Soldier at top: approx. H. 95 in. Bottom figures: approx. H. 70 in. Inscription:  (Signed on back side of bronze) (On north side of shaft: a bronze seal of Confederate States of America) OUR CONFEDERATE DEAD/1861-1865 (On south side of shaft:) TRIBUTE/TO THE/RANK AND FILE OF THE/ARMIES OF THE SOUTH/BY THE WOMAN'S CONFEDERATE/MONUMENT ASSOCIATION/1895 signed Description:  A war memorial comprised of a tall granite shaft, topped by a bronze figure of a Confederate soldier, and near the base, figures of a artilleryman on the east and a cavalryman on the west. The Confederate soldier at the top is dressed in uniform and stands holding a rifle, the butt resting near his proper right foot. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Figure group -- Male Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Object -- Weapon -- Gun Object -- Weapon -- Sword Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Louisville Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Louisville, Louisville Development Authority, 600 West Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202 Located Third & Brandeis streets, Louisville, Kentucky Remarks:  Commissioned by Kentucky Womans Confederate Monument Association in honor of Confederate soldiers. The total cost of the monument was $12,000. IAS files also contain excerpts from Samuel W. Thomas and William Morgan's "Old Louisville: The Victorian Era," Louisville, KY: Courier Journal & Times, 1975. and the Register of Kentucky Historical Society, April 1956. The monument was erected by the Muldoon Monument Company. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kentucky survey, 1994. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, KY0062, 1989. Monumental News, Nov. 1894, pg. 556. Illustration:  Image on file. Louisville Courier Journal (Feb. 3, 1991). 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 76008152   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76008152 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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