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Taft, Lorado Zadoc,
History -- United States
Figure female -- Full length
Allegory -- Other
Figure group
Occupation -- Military
Occupation -- Military
Occupation -- Military
Occupation -- Medicine
Dress -- Uniform
Dress -- Uniform
Dress -- Accessory
Dress -- Accessory
Object -- Other
Object -- Weapon
Dress -- Accessory
Object -- Weapon
Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Danville
Sculpture
Victory, (sculpture).
Artist:
Taft
,
Lorado
Zadoc
,
1860-1936
,
sculptor
.
Title:
Victory, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Victory Memorial Monument, (sculpture).
Victory Bridge Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
1921-1922. Cast 1921. Dedicated Nov. 11, 1922.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Bronze and granite on a granite base.
Dimensions:
Victory figure: approx. 20 x 12 x 10 ft.; Granite figures on base, each: approx. H. 8 ft.; Lower base: approx. 4 x 4 x 12 ft.
Inscription:
(Carved, base front:) WHEREAS IT IS THE DESIRE/OF THE CITY OF DANVILLE/TO ERECT SOME PERMANENT/STRUCTURE AS A MONUMENT/AND MEMORIAL TO THE/GALLANT SOLDIERS AND/SAILORS OF DANVILLE WHO/PARTICIPATED IN THE/WORLD'S WAR OF 1914 AND/1918 AND WHEREAS THE BRIDGE OVER THE VERMILION/RIVER AT GILBERT STREET/IN SAID CITY NEEDS TO BE/REPLACED THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED/BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF/DANVILLE ILLINOIS THAT/A NEW BRIDGE BE BUILT/OVER THE VERMILION/RIVER AT GILBERT STREET/IN SAID CITY- SAID BRIDGE/TO BE A MONUMENT/AND MEMORIAL TO OUR/SOLDIERS AS SET FORTH/IN THE PREAMBLE HEREOF/AND TO BE KNOWN AS/THE VICTORY BRIDGE/ADOPTED MARCH 10, 1919 (Proper left and right side of base inscribed with soldiers' names)
(Base back:) THEY MADE THE/SUPREME SACRAFICE/PROUDLY YOU GATHERED/RANK ON RANK TO WAR/AS WHO HAD HEARD GOD'S/MESSAGE FROM AFAR/ALL YOU HAD HOPED FOR/ALL YOU HAD GAVE/TO SAVE MANKIND -/YOURSELVES YOU SCORNED/TO SAVE (insribed with a list of names)
Description:
A standing female figure representing Victory wears a long robe gathered at the waist. In her proper right hand she holds a sword and a wreath. Her proper left hand rests atop a shield at her side. The figure istands on a granite base with a sailor, an aviator, a Red Cross nurse, and an army soldier. The figures represent the army, navy, marines and nurses who served in the armed services. There are inscriptions on all four sides of the base as well as a list of those from Vermilion County who died in World War I.
Subject:
History -- United States -- World War I
Figure female -- Full length
Allegory -- Other -- Triumph
Figure group
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Occupation -- Military -- Sailor
Occupation -- Military -- Aviator
Occupation -- Medicine -- Nurse
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Dress -- Uniform -- Medical Uniform
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Dress -- Accessory -- Helmet
Object -- Other -- Wreath
Object -- Weapon -- Sword
Dress -- Accessory -- Shield
Object -- Weapon -- Gun
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Danville
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Danville, Park District, 402 North Hazell, Danville, Illinois 61832
Located Victory Park, Gilbert Street & Main Street, Danville, Illinois 61832
Remarks:
IAS files contain June Uthe's article "Victory Bridge Memorial 1918-1922," in The Heritage of Vermilion County, vol. 23 #3, Summer 1987, pg. 4-7, which references City Council resolutions, minutes and correspondence pertinent to the commissioning and creation of the piece. IAS files also contain copies of Bob Wright's article "Danville: A Pictorial History," St. Louis, MO: G. Bradley Publishing, 1987. According to the articles, the work was commissioned in April of 1921 and dedicated Nov. 11, 1922 at the north approach of what was then called the Victory Bridge (today known as the Memorial Bridge). Work was relocated to its present site in the mid 1950s. Original sketches and studies of the work are housed at the University of Illinois archives. Estimated cost of the piece, fifty thousand dollars. At one time railroad tracks ran directly by the sculpture.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois survey, 1993.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, IL5011, 1989.
Monumental News, Nov. 1920, pg. 858.
Uthe, June, "Victory Bridge Memorial 1918-1922," The Heritage of Vermilion County, vol. 23 #3, Summer 1987, pg. 4-7.
Wright, Bob, "Danville: A Pictoral History," St. Louis, MO: G. Bradley Publishing, 1987.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Uthe, June, "Victory Bridge Memorial 1918-1922," The Heritage of Vermilion County, vol. 23 #3, Summer 1987, pg. 4.
Wright, Bob, "Danville: A Pictoral History," St. Louis, MO: G. Bradley Publishing, 1987.
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 IL000163
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