General Ulysses Simpson Grant, (sculpture).

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General Ulysses Simpson Grant, (sculpture).

Bringhurst, Robert Porter, 1855-1925, sculptor.

American Bronze Company, founder.

General Ulysses Simpson Grant, (sculpture).

General Grant, (sculpture).

General Ulysses S. Grant Monument, (sculpture).

1888. Dedicated October 29, 1888.

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Figure: bronze; Base: Missouri granite.

Figure: approx. 9 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 4 in. x 2 ft. 4 in.; Base: approx. 9 ft. 2 in. x 6 ft. 7 in. x 6 ft. 7 in.

R. P. Bringhurst/Sculpt. (On bronze plaque within upper third of front of base:) ULYSSES S. GRANT (Bronze plaque within middle third of front of base depicts the Battle of Lookout Mountain. At bottom of plaque:) Lookout Mountain signed Founder's mark appears.

Standing figure of Ulysses S. Grant in full uniform. He holds a sword in his proper left hand, and binoculars in his proper right hand. He stands with his proper left leg forward. A plaque on the front of the base depicts the Battle of Lookout Mountain.

Portrait male -- Grant, Ulysses S. -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- General

Occupation -- Political -- President

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

State of Being -- Evil -- War

History -- United States -- Civil War

Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- St. Louis

Administered by City of St. Louis, Board of Public Service, City Hall, Twelfth and Market Streets, St. Louis, Missouri 63103

Located City Hall, Northeast Corner, St. Louis, Missouri

Formerly located City Hall, South Entrance, St. Louis, Missouri 1898-1915.

Originally installed Middle of Twelfth Street, between Olive and Locust Streets, St. Louis, Missouri 1888-1898.

Donated by Grant Memorial Association of Missouri. Commissioned for an estimated $10,000. The monument was first installed in the middle of Twelfth Street in 1888, awaiting completion of the construction of City Hall. When City Hall was completed in 1898, the sculpture was moved to the south entrance of City Hall, where it was placed with a Civil War cannon. In response to criticism of the backdoor location of the monument, the sculpture was moved in 1915 to its present site, without the cannon.

IAS files contain copy from unpublished 1969 Mayor's report, "Public Art St. Louis," which includes an account of the monument's relocations, and biographical information about Grant during the six years that he spent in St. Louis. McCue's "Sculpture City: St. Louis" also contains information about the monument's locations and relocations.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri, St. Louis survey, 1993.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MO5003, 1989.

McCue, George, "Sculpture City: St. Louis," New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1988.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.

Monumental News (June 1920).

Monumental News (May 1913).

McCue, George, "Sculpture City: St. Louis," New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1988, pg. 37.

Monumental News (June 1920): pg. 455.

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.

Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

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