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Monumental Bronze Company,
History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Lowville
Sculpture
Soldiers' Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Monumental Bronze Company, founder.
Title:
Soldiers' Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
Cast 1883. Dedicated July 4, 1883.
Medium:
Sculpture and base: cast zinc; Foundation: concrete.
Dimensions:
Approx. H. 30 ft.
Inscription:
Monumental Bronze Co. Bridgeport CT (On sides of base:) Antietam; Gettysburg; Wilderness; Five Forks Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A figure of a Union Civil War soldier standing on picket duty atop a twenty-foot tall square zinc base. He holds his rifle before him with both hands resting on the barrel, his left foot forward. The base is adorned with the names of Civil War battles in raised letter, dedicatory plaques, and names of the 180 from the county who lost their lives during the Civil War.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Lowville
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Village of Lowville, Lowville, New York
Located Lowville Village Green, Lowville, New York
Remarks:
The Lowville Soldier's Memorial was erected to honor Lewis County residents who died in the Civil War. The memorial was erected by Post 200 Guilford D. Bailey Grand Army of the Republic. Efforts to raise funds began in 1867, and it took sixteen years to raise the $3,500 to purchase the memorial.
References:
Inventory staff, 2001.
SOS Assessment Award, 2000.
Illustration:
Carthage/Lowille Times, Nov. 22, 1988, pg. 5.
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 71500513
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
71500513
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