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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Kitson, Theo Alice Ruggles,     Tiffany and Company,     History -- United States     Portrait male -- Shoup, Francis A.     Occupation -- Military     Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Vicksburg     Relief     Stele     Sculpture

Brig. Gen. Francis A. Shoup, (sculpture). Artist:  Kitson, Theo Alice Ruggles, 1871-1932, sculptor. Tiffany and Company, founder. Title:  Brig. Gen. Francis A. Shoup, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1910. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Relief plaque: bronze; Stele: white or grey and black granite. Dimensions:  Relief plaque: approx. 39 x 26 x 1 in.; Stele: approx. 63 x 40 x 24 in. Inscription:  Theo Kitson Tiffany (On lower section of relief plaque, raised:) LOUISIANA/FRANCIS A. SHOUP/BRIG. GEN. C S ARMY/COMMANDING BRIGADE/SMITH'S DIVISION/MAY 2 - JULY 4, 1863 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A relief plaque featuring a bust of Brigadier General Francis A. Shoup dressed in military uniform and wearing a mustache and beard. The lower portion of the plaque bears an inscription. The relief plaque is mounted on the front of the stele. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Portrait male -- Shoup, Francis A. -- Bust Occupation -- Military -- Brigadier General 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, Confederate Avenue, beyond line of Thayer's Approach, Vicksburg, Mississippi Remarks:  Brigadier General Francis A. Shoup of Louisiana commanded a brigade during the Vicksburg campaign from May 2 through July 4, 1863. Erected by the State of Louisiana. The monument is on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures (LCS no. 03437). IAS files contain a copy of the LCS report form. Bronze cost $300 paid by state of Louisiana. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MS7079, 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 MS000241   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MS000241 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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