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Ames Manufacturing Company,
Gorham Manufacturing Company,
History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Object -- Other
Object -- Weapon
Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Chattanooga
Sculpture
New York 12th Corps Monument, Craven's Reservation, (sculpture).
Artist:
Ames
Manufacturing
Company
,
founder
.
Gorham
Manufacturing
Company
,
founder
.
Title:
New York 12th Corps Monument, Craven's Reservation, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated 1899.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: cast bronze; Base: gray granite from Vermont, bronze tablets.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: overall approx. H. 65 ft.; Base: approx. 3 x 19 x 19 ft.
Inscription:
(Bronze tablets on base:)
GORHAM
MEL FOUNDERS 1898
Founder
's mark appears.
Description:
A figure of a Union soldier stands and holds a flag which is furled over proper left shoulder. He holds the flag with his proper left hand. His proper right is down by his side and holds a sword angled diagonally downward. His proper left leg is slightly bent and slightly forward. He wears a military uniform and cap.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object -- Other -- Flag
Object -- Weapon -- Sword
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Chattanooga
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia
Administered by Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, P. O. Box 2128, Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia 30742
Located Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Craven's Reservation, Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Remarks:
The sculpture cost $14,500. The bronze tablets were furnished by the
Gorham
Manufacturing
Company
.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee 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 TN000331
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
TN000331
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