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Christopher Gustavus Memminger, (sculpture). Artist:  Valentine, Edward Virginius, 1838-1930, sculptor. Title:  Christopher Gustavus Memminger, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed 1887. Medium:  Marble. Dimensions:  H. 28 in. Inscription:  (Signed on back) signed Subject:  Portrait male -- Memminger, Christopher G. -- Bust Occupation -- Education -- Administrator Occupation -- Political Object Type:  Sculpture Owner:  City of Charleston, City Hall Council Chamber Gallery, 80 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina 29401 Remarks:  Christopher Gustavus Memminger served as Secretary of the Treasury for the Confederate States of American from 1861-1864. In 1855, he became Commissioner of Schools for Charleston, a position he held for more than thirty years. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Rutledge, Anna Wells, "Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture in the Council Chamber, City Hall, Charleston, South Carolina," Charleston, SC: City Council, 1943. 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 76008137   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76008137 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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