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Kitson, Theo Alice Ruggles,
Gorham Manufacturing Company,
History -- United States
Portrait male -- Maxey, Samuel B.
Occupation -- Military
Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Vicksburg
Sculpture
Brig. Gen. Samuel B. Maxey, (sculpture).
Artist:
Kitson, Theo Alice Ruggles, 1871-1932, sculptor.
Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
Title:
Brig. Gen. Samuel B. Maxey, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated 1915.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Bust: bronze; Base: pink and grey granite.
Dimensions:
Bust: approx. 52 x 36 x 24 in.; Base: approx. 72 x 44 x 44 in.
Inscription:
Theo. A. R. Kitson, SC (On left side of plinth:) GORHAM Co. FOUNDERS N.Y. (Front of plinth, incised:) MAXEY (On bronze plaque on upper front of base, raised:) SAMUEL B. MAXEY/BRIG. GENERAL C.S. ARMY/COMMANDING BRIGADE/FRENCH'S DIVISION/JOHNSTON'S ARMY/--/CADET U.S.MILITARY ACADEMY 1842/BVT.2ND.LT.7TH.INF.JULY.1,1846/2ND.LT.8TH.INF.FEB.23,1847/BVT.1ST.LT.7TH.INF.AUG.20.1847/RESIGNED SEPT.17,1849/COL.9TH.TEXAS INF.NOV.4,1861/BRIG.GEN.C.S.ARMY MAR.4, 1862/ASSIGNED TO DUTY WITH RANK OF MAJ.GEN/MAY 19, 1864, TO RANK FROM APR.18, 1864 signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A bust of Brigadier General Samuel B. Maxey, dressed in a military uniform and wearing a beard, placed atop a two-sectioned base with an inscribed plaque on the upper front.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Portrait male -- Maxey, Samuel B. -- Bust
Occupation -- Military -- Brigadier General
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Vicksburg
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia
Administered by Vicksburg National Military Park, 3201 Clay Street, Box 349, Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180
Located Confederate Avenue, West of Vicksburg Playhouse, Vicksburg, Mississippi
Remarks:
Commemorates Civil War Brigadier General Samuel B. Maxey. Monument is located on land that was formerly Vicksburg National Military Park. Erected by the federal government. The monument is on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures (LCS no. 03331). IAS files contain a copy of the LCS report form. Bronze cost $615 paid by Federal Government.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MS7016, 1989.
Vicksburg National Military Park, 1988.
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 MS000255
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