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Yorktown Victory Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910, sculptor. Hansen, Oskar J. W., 1892-1971, sculptor. Van Brunt, Henry, 1862-1903, architect. Hunt, Richard Morris, 1827-1895, architect. Title:  Yorktown Victory Monument, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Yorktown Monument, (sculpture). Monument to Alliance and Victory, (sculpture). Dates:  1881. Dedicated Oct. 10, 1884. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Maine granite. Dimensions:  Liberty: approx. H. 14 ft.; Column: approx. H. 84 ft.; Base: approx. W. 56 in. x D. 56 in. Inscription:  MONUMENT TO THE ALLIANCE AND VICTORY/YORKTOWN MONUMENT COMMISSIONERS, 1881/R. M. HUNT, ARCHITECT, CHAIRMAN/HENRY VAN BRUNT, ARCHITECT/J. Q. A. WARD, SCULPTOR/-OSKAR J. W. HANSEN, SCULPTOR OF LIBERTY, 1957 signed Description:  A standing female figure representing Liberty tops a tall column that is encircled at the base by classical female figures representing caryatids. Below the caryatids is a square base adorned with insignias and inscriptions describing the history of Yorktown. Subject:  History -- United States -- Revolution History -- United States -- Battle of Yorktown Allegory -- Other -- Triumph Architecture -- Detail -- Caryatid Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress Figure group -- Female Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Yorktown Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia Located Colonial National Historic Park, Yorktown, Virginia Remarks:  Originally, the column was topped with a figure of Victory created by John Quincy Adams Ward, but the figure was damaged by lightning in 1942 and was replaced in 1957 with a figure of Liberty created by Oskar J. W. Hansen. In 1990, Hansen's figure of Liberty was struck by lightning, but was repaired in 1992. Bronze plaques on white granite bases were added in 1931, 1976, 1981, and 1983. IAS files contain a transcription of the base inscriptions that detail the history of Yorktown. References:  Sharp, Lewis I., "John Quincy Adams Ward Dean of American Sculpture," Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1985, no. 66. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. Sharp, Lewis I., "John Quincy Adams Ward Dean of American Sculpture," Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1985, pg. 202. 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 88180080   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 88180080 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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