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  • Viquesney, E. M.,
     
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  • History -- United States
     
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  • Figure male -- Full length
     
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  • Occupation -- Military
     
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  • Dress -- Uniform
     
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  • Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Birmingham
     
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  • Sculpture
     
     
    Spirit of the American Doughboy, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Viquesney, E. M., 1876-1946, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Spirit of the American Doughboy, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Nov. 11, 1923.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: limestone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. x 45 in. x 5 ft.; Base: approx. 90 x 38 x 38 in.
    Inscription: 
    E. M. Viquesney (On plaque on base:) IN MEMORY/OF THE COMRADES WHO/GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/SERVICE OF OUR COUNTRY/DURING/THE WORLD WAR./PRESENTED TO/BIRMINGHAM POST NO. 1/OF/THE AMERICAN LEGION./BY/THE GREEK-AMERICAN/CITIZENS./BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA./ARMISTICE DAY, 1923. signed
    Description: 
    Full-length figure of a uniformed World War I soldier. He holds a hand grenade aloft in his proper right hand and his bayonet in his proper left hand.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- World War I
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object -- Weapon -- Gun
    Object -- Weapon -- Grenade
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Birmingham
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Birmingham, Department of Parks & Recreation, 400 Graymont Avenue, Birmingham, Alabama 35204
    Located Linn Park, Park Place & 20th Street North, Birmingham, Alabama
    Remarks: 
    Gift of the Greek-American citizens to the Birmingham Post no. 1 of the American Legion. IAS files include information from the files of Russell Brothers & Alabama Photo Room Collection, which describes an identical statue in Anniston, Alabama.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama survey, 1993.
    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 AL000218
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