Monument to the Women of the Confederacy, (sculpture).

Monument to the Women of the Confederacy, (sculpture).

Kinney, Belle, 1890-1959, sculptor.

Tiffany and Company, founder.

Monument to the Women of the Confederacy, (sculpture).

Women of the Confederacy, (sculpture).

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: Italian marble.

Sculpture: approx. 9 x 12 x 10 ft.; Base: approx. 8 x 12 x 10 ft.

(On sculpture proper left lower corner:) BELLE KINNEY Sc/1917 (On sculpture proper right lower corner:) CAST BY/TIFFANY STUDIOS, NEW YORK (On front of base, raised:) OUR/MOTHERS/(lengthy inscriptions) (On right side of base, raised:) OUR/WIVES/(lengthy inscriptions) (On left side of base, raised:) OUR/DAUGHTERS/(lengthy inscriptions) (On back of base, raised:) OUR/SISTERS/(lengthy inscriptions) signed

The central figure is a female representing Fame, whose robes flow behind her giving the illusion of wings. On her proper left is a wounded Confederate soldier, who lies with his back against a broken cannon and grasps a flagpole in his proper left hand. He is supported and comforted by Fame. On Fame's proper right is a young Confederate woman who wears long robes and holds a palm frond in her proper right hand. Fame places a laurel wreath on the Confederate woman's head, a gesture that symbolizes victory and the strength of Confederate women during crisis.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Object -- Weapon -- Cannon

Allegory -- Life -- Womanhood

Object -- Other -- Wreath

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

State of Being -- Illness -- Wound

Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Jackson

Administered by State of Mississippi, Department of Archives and History, 100 South State Street, Capers Building, P. O. Box 571, Jackson, Mississippi 39205

Located Mississippi New State Capitol, Mississippi Street, Jackson, Mississippi

Inspired by the 1907 United Confederate Veterans' project to erect a monument in each southern state to the women of the Confederacy, the Mississippi Legislature of 1910 passed "An act to erect a monument to the Women of the Confederacy," which created a commission charged with the selection and erection of the monument on the Capitol grounds. The cornerstone was laid by the Grand Lodge F. & A. M. of Mississippi on June 3, 1912, and the bronze sculpture was cast in 1917. The sculpture cost $20,000. IAS files contain the full text of base inscriptions, related newsclippings and a copy of the dedication booklet.

Treated 2002 November. John R. Dennis (Dallas, TX). Treatment report on file with owner.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1994.

SOS Conservation Treatment Award, 2000.

SOS Conservation Notification Report, 2004.

The Clarion Ledger (Jackson, MS), April 13, 1975, Section B.

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