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Michael Shamey Architects,
Eagle Bronze Works,
History -- United States
Figure female -- Full length
Dress -- Historic
Dress -- Accessory
Animal -- Bird
Dress -- Accessory
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Monessen
Sculpture
WWI Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Michael Shamey Architects, architectural firm.
Eagle Bronze Works, founder.
Title:
WWI Monument, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
World War I Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1920.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figure: bronze; Base: stone.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 6 x 3 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 7 x 3 x 3 ft.
Inscription:
(Front of base, incised:) 1917 THE WORLD WAR 1918/IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN/WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES AND/IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF/THOSE WHO SHARED THE DANGERS/THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY THE/PEOPLE OF MONESSEN, PENNSYLVANIA/THE FOLLOWING MADE THE/SUPREME SACRIFICE/(roll call follows in two columns)
Description:
Female figure wearing classical
dress
and an olive branch crown. She holds a staff topped by an eagle in her proper right hand and her proper left arm is to her side with the palm facing forward. She stands atop an inscribed base set between two planters.
Subject:
History
--
United States
--
World War I
Figure female
--
Full length
Dress
--
Historic
--
Classical
Dress
Dress
--
Accessory
--
Cane
Animal
--
Bird
--
Eagle
Dress
--
Accessory
--
Hat
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture
--
Pennsylvania
--
Monessen
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Monessen, 100 Third Street, Municipal Building, Monessen, Pennsylvania 15062
Located Donner Avenue, Monessen, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
Erected by the people of Monessen, Pennsylvania, in remembrance of those who lost their lives in the First World War.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
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 PA000316
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
PA000316
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