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Homage -- Kirkland, Richard Rowland
History -- United States
Animal -- Lion
Allegory -- Quality
Fountain
Outdoor Sculpture -- South Carolina -- Camden
Sculpture
Richard Kirkland Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Richard Kirkland Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated ca. 1910-1911.
Medium:
Fountain: polished granite; Lion head spouts: cast concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft. 5 in. x D. 1 ft. 6 in. x Diam. 6 ft.; Base: approx. 11 in. x 3 ft. 5 in. x 3 ft. 5 in.; Basin: approx. W. 6 ft.
Inscription:
(On west plaque:) TO/RICHARD KIRKLAND/C.S.A./IN COMMEMORATION OF HIS HEROISM/AT FREDERICKSBURG, DEC. 13, 1862./CHRISTLIKE COMPASSION MOVED HIM/TO LEAP OVER THE STONEWALL, A MARK/FOR HOSTILE GUNS AND CARRY WATER,/AGAIN AND AGAIN, TO THE SUFFERING/FOE FALLEN THICK IN FRONT./"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS"/HE FELL AT CHICKAMAUGA/AGED 20/-/A TRIBUTE FROM THE SCHOOL CHILDREN OF CAMDEN./A.D. 1910 (On east plaque:) 1911/PRESENTED BY/THE NATIONAL HUMANE/ALLIANCE/HERMON LEE ENSIGN/FOUNDER unsigned
Description:
Granite fountain with concrete lion head spouts. A round basin encircles the tall rectangular center. Plaques are on east and west sides of rectangular center, above basin.
Subject:
Homage -- Kirkland, Richard Rowland
History -- United States -- Civil War
Animal -- Lion
Allegory -- Quality -- Charity
Object Type:
Fountain
Outdoor Sculpture -- South Carolina -- Camden
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Camden, Street and Parks Maintenance, 1000 Lyttleton Street, Camden, South Carolina 29020
Located Monument Square, DeKalb Street, Camden, South Carolina
Remarks:
Gift of the National Humane Alliance and the school children of Camden, SC. Richard Kirkland was a soldier during the Civil War in the 2nd South Carolina infantry. After a battle in Fredericksburg, he left his Confederate post to give water to wounded Union soldiers, at great personal risk. IAS files contain citations to related materials: "Historic Camden" part II, by Thomas Kirkland and Robert Kennedy and "Richard Kirkland CSA" compiled by C.D. Kershaw at the request of the John D. Kennedy Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, published by Wacker, Evans & Cogwell, and additional background information.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Carolina survey, 1993.
Montgomery, Rachel, "Camden Heritage: Yesterday and Today," Columbia, SC: R.L. Bryan Company, 1971, pg. 46-47.
The News and Courier (Charleston, SC), Oct. 28, 1962, Sect. B, pg. 16.
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 SC000052
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