General Sidney Sherman, (sculpture).

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General Sidney Sherman, (sculpture).

Cecere, Gaetano, 1894-1985, sculptor.

Bourdelle, Pierre, 1903-1966, sculptor.

Nelson, Donald, 1907- , architect.

General Sidney Sherman, (sculpture).

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: Texas red granite.

Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 27 in. x 30 in.; Base: approx. 34 x 52 x 34 in.

(On north side of sculpture at bottom:) Gaetano Cecere, Sculptor 1938 (On front of base, incised lettering:) GENERAL/SIDNEY/SHERMAN (On rear of wall:) BORN IN MASSACHUSETTS JULY 23 - 1805/CAME TO TEXAS FEBRUARY 1836 AS CAPTAIN/OF A COMPANY OF VOLUNTEERS HE HAD/RECRUITED IN KENTUCKY AND OHIO/COMMANDED THE SECOND REGIMENT OF/TEXAS VOLUNTEERS AT SAN JACINTO/FIRST TO SOUND THE IMMORTAL WAR/CRY OPENING THE BATTLE . REMEMBER/THE ALAMO . REMEMBER GOLIAD . MEMBER/OF THE CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 1842/1843 . MAJOR GENERAL OF THE MILITIA/1843 . 1846 . COMMANDANT . PORT OF/GALVESTON . C. S. A. 1861 . 1862/FATHER OF RAILROADS IN TEXAS HAVING/BUILT THE FIRST ONE WEST OF THE/SABINE RIVER . . DIED IN GALVESTON/TEXAS ON THE FIRST DAY OF AUGUST 1873/ERECTED BY THE STATE/OF TEXAS 1936 WITH/FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY/THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT/TO COMMEMORATE ONE/HUNDRED YEARS OF/TEXAS INDEPENDENCE signed

Full-length portrait of General Sidney Sherman, standing atop granite platform, with etched granite monolith behind him. Sherman is dressed in a general's uniform without the hat. His proper right foot is slightly forward. His proper left hand rests on the handle of a sword at his proper left side. The sculpture is mounted on a block base. Behind the sculpture is a tall monolith containing a relief intaglio of Sherman atop a rearing horse. Sherman raises a sword in his proper right hand.

Portrait male -- Sherman, Sidney -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- General

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Object -- Weapon -- Sword

Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Galveston

Administered by Galveston Historical Foundation, 2016 Strand, Galveston, Texas 77550

Located Broadway Esplanade, Broadway & 7th Street, Galveston, Texas

The sculpture cost $14,000 and was funded through federal funds given to commemorate the Texas Centennial. Cecere created the free-standing sculpture and Bourdelle created the relief intaglio. Donald Nelson was the architect. IAS files contain a related excerpt from Harold Schoen's "Monuments Erected by the State of Texas to Commemorate the Centenary of Texas Independence," Austin, TX: Commission of Control for Texas Centennial Celebrations, 1938. IAS files contain related articles from the Galveston Daily News, May 28, 1979, pg. 1+; and March 3, 1985.

A nearby plaque reads: General Sidney Sherman/born in Mass. July 29, 1804/Died in Texas Aug. 1, 1873/Erected by the State of Texas- 1936 with funds appropriated by the federal Government to commemorate 100 years of Texas independence./Remember the Alamo; Remember Goliad.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1993.

Galveston Daily News, May 28, 1979, pg. 1.

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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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