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General Philip Henry Sheridan, (sculpture). Artist:  Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941, sculptor. Title:  General Philip Henry Sheridan, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned 1909. 1923. Dedicated July 16, 1924. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 15 x 10 x 10 ft.; Base: approx. H. 6 ft. Diam. 18 ft. Inscription:  (On front of base:) SHERIDAN (On base plaque:) Philip H. Sheridan/graduated/from the/United States Military Academy/West Point/July 1, 1853/To Honor him and his alma mater, this tablet was/placed here by the Chicago Association of West Pointers on September 19, 1934, the 70th Anniversary/of his victory on the battle of Opequan, Virginia Description:  Sheridan is portrayed here seated on his horse as the commander of the Army of the Shenandoah on October 19, 1864, rallying his fleeing troops with outstretched proper right arm. He is seated on his horse with his body half turned to the proper right as he reins in his horse from a full gallop. The horse is positioned on top of a bronze boulder which rests on a square stone base on a circular stone platform. Subject:  Portrait male -- Sheridan, Philip Henry -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- General Equestrian Animal -- Portrait -- Winchester History -- United States -- Civil War Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Chicago Park District, Preservation Planning Division, 425 East McFetridge Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605 Located Lincoln Park, Sheridan Road & Belmont Avenue, Chicago, Illinois Remarks:  Cost fifty thousand dollars. The Chicago Park District Monument and Sculpture Preservation Files contain a comprehensive collection of financial and legal documents on the sculpture, newspaper articles, and conservation treatment reports with slide and black and white photographic documentation. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, IL0134, 1989. Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 158-159. Monumental News, Jan. 1910, pg. 22. Riedy, James L., "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981, pg. 236. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, IL5018, 1989. Monumental News, Feb. 1923, pg. 88. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1992. Illustration:  Image on file. Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 158. 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 75004343   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75004343 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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