Henry Clay Work, (sculpture).

Henry Clay Work, (sculpture).

Gudebrod, Louis A., b. 1872, sculptor.

Henry Clay Work, (sculpture).

Henry Clay Work Memorial, (sculpture).

Dedicated Sept. 18, 1917.

Bust: bronze; Base: dark grey granite.

Bust: approx. 2 x 2 x 1 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 6 ft. 7 in. x 4 ft. 5 in. x 4 ft.

(Base of bust, proper left rear, incised lettering:) LOUIS A. GUDEBROD (Bronze plaque on front of base, raised lettering:) IN MEMORY OF HENRY CLAY WORK/AUTHOR OF/MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA/BORN IN MIDDLETOWN NEAR/THIS SITE OCTOBER 1 1832 signed

The memorial is a bust of Henry Clay Work depicted with a handlebar moustache and long beard which is parted at his chin. The bust is mounted upon a rough-finished base.

Portrait male -- Work, Henry Clay -- Bust

Occupation -- Writer -- Lyricist

Performing Arts -- Music

Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Middletown

Administered by City of Middletown, Park & Recreation Department, 319 Butternut Street, Middletown, Connecticut 06457

Located South Green, Opposite 14 Old Church Street, Middletown, Connecticut

Formerly located Union Park, Opposite 14 Old Church Street, Middletown, Connecticut

The sculpture commemorates Henry Clay Work, 1832-1884, a Middletown native and self-taught musician who wrote "Marching Through Georgia," a song that became a Civil War favorite. His other Civil War songs include "Kingdom's Coming" and "God Save the Nation." When the monument was installed, South Green was known as Union Park. For related reading see Mildred C. Baruch and Ellen J. Beckman's "Civil War Monuments," Washington: Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1978, pg. 16; the Perry Press (Middletown, CT), Sept. 18, 1917, pg. 8 and S. W. Loper's unpublished document "The Life and Times of Henry Clay Work, a Native of Middletown, Conn. and Author of 'Marching Through Georgia,'" available in the manuscript archives of the Connecticut State Library.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1994.

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