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Zebulon Baird Vance, (sculpture). Artist:  Ellicott, Henry Jackson, 1848-1901, sculptor. Title:  Zebulon Baird Vance, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Governor Zebulon Baird Vance Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned July 6, 1899. Dedicated Aug. 22, 1900. Relocated 1949. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Inscription:  (On base just below bronze figure:) VANCE signed Description:  A portrait of Governor Zebulon Baird Vance as he appeared later in life, standing at a flag-draped lectern clutching a pair of spectacles (now missing). The figure of Vance stands in a central bay within a tall granite niche that is flanked by granite wings adorned with bronze relief plaques. The relief plaques depict Vance's dedication to North Carolina's agricultural interests and industrial development following the Civil War. Notable quotes from Vance's speeches are inscribed below each of the relief plaques. Quotations regarding North Carolinians during the Civil War era are incised on the back of each granite wing. Subject:  Portrait male -- Vance, Zebulon Baird -- Full length Occupation -- Political -- Governor Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- Raleigh Sculpture Owner:  North Carolina State Capitol, Raleigh, North Carolina Remarks:  Zebulon Baird Vance (1830-1894) was trained as a lawyer and rose through the Confederate Army to the rank of colonel, and was elected governor in 1861. He served as governor through the post Civil War years and was re-elected governor in 1875. Two years later, though, he was elected to the U.S. Senate where he served until his death. The Vance Monumental Association, formed on April 24, 1894, raised $2,000, which was augmented with a $5,000 legislative appropriation to fund the memorial. The sculpture originally stood on a high pedestal on a mound that was one hundred feet east of the Capitol's east front doors. In 1949, the sculpture was moved to its present location to make way for a new sculpture installation depicting "Presidents North Carolina Gave the Nation." The new site for the sculpture faced the Governor Aycock Memorial (IAS record 75006502), and to provide balance and symmetry, the Vance sculpture was given a new base and memorial setting designed to complement that of the Aycock memorial. The new base was constructed by the Scoggins Memorial Art Shop of Charlotte, NC. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. State of North Carolina, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, 1978. "Heroes & Heroines on Union Square," Raleigh, North Carolina: State Capitol Foundation, Inc., 1983, no. 3. Inventory staff, 2000. 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 75006504   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75006504 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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