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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Kitson, Theo Alice Ruggles,     Gorham Manufacturing Company,     History -- United States     Portrait male -- Montgomery, Milton     Occupation -- Military     Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Vicksburg     Relief     Stele     Sculpture

Colonel Milton Montgomery, (sculpture). Artist:  Kitson, Theo Alice Ruggles, 1871-1932, sculptor. Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder. Title:  Colonel Milton Montgomery, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1913. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Plaque: bronze; Base: Mt. Ary granite. Dimensions:  Plaque: approx. 42 x 28 x 1 1/4 in.; Base: approx. 83 x 46 x 22 in. Inscription:  TAR Kitson Gorham (Lower portion of plaque, raised:) WISCONSIN/MILTON MONTGOMERY/COLONEL 25TH.INFANTRY/COMMANDING BRIGADE/PROVISIONAL DIVISION/16TH.ARMY CORPS signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Plaque featuring a relief bust of Colonel Milton Montgomery in uniform and wearing a beard and moustache. The lower portion of the plaque has an inscription. The plaque is mounted on the front of a base consisting of a stele atop a pedestal. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Portrait male -- Montgomery, Milton -- Bust Occupation -- Military -- Colonel Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Vicksburg Relief Stele 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 Vicksburg National Military Park, Grant Avenue, near Sherman Avenue, Vicksburg, Mississippi Remarks:  Colonel Milton Montgomery commanded the 25th Wisconsin Infantry during the Vicksburg campaign. The monument is on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures (LCS no. 03416). IAS files contain a copy of the LCS report form. Bronze cost $315 and pedestal cost $85 paid by Federal Government. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MS7284, 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 MS000184   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MS000184 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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