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Occupation -- Industry
Portrait male -- Bilyeu, George Franklin
History -- United States
Disaster -- Accident
Object -- Tool
Object -- Tool
Dress -- Accessory
Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Taylorville
Sculpture
U M W of America 1898, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
U M W of America 1898, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
United Mine Workers of America 1898, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated 1926.
Medium:
Granite on a granite base.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 15 ft.; Base: approx. 5 x 5 x 5 ft.
Inscription:
(In a circle with a depiction of two hands shaking on base top:) U M W/OF/A/8 HOURS/1895 (On base front, middle:) GEORGE FRANKLIN BILYEU/BORN JANUARY 6, 1854/DIED OCTOBER 12, 1898/LOST HIS LIFE FIGHTING FOR/INDUSTRIAL LIBERTY AT/VIRDEN, ILLINOIS/OCTOBER 12, 1898 unsigned
Description:
Standing figure of a coal miner facing west, holding a pick in his proper left hand and a shovel in his proper right hand. He also wears a carbide lamp on his cap.
Subject:
Occupation -- Industry -- Mining
Portrait male -- Bilyeu, George Franklin -- Full length
History -- United States -- Virden Massacre
Disaster -- Accident -- Mine Accident
Object -- Tool -- Shovel
Object -- Tool -- Axe
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Taylorville
Sculpture
Owner:
Oak Hill Cemetery, Cherokee Street, Taylorville, Illinois 62568
Remarks:
Erected by District No. 12, Sub District No 5, Local Unions 517, 1807, 2513, 3473 C C T A of A.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois survey, 1992.
Illustration:
Image on file.
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 IL000256
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Inventory of American Sculpture
IL000256
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