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    		• Brewster, George Thomas,
     
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    		• Gorham Manufacturing Company,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Maury, Dabney H.
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Vicksburg
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Major General Dabney H. Maury, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Brewster, George Thomas, 1862-1943, sculptor.
    Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
    Title: 
    Major General Dabney H. Maury, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated 1915.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Bust: bronze; Base: white or light pink and grey granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Bust: approx. 52 x 40 x 24 in.; Base: approx. 72 x 44 x 44 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On right side of bust:) George T. Brewster, Sc. (On left side of bust:) Gorham Co. Founders (On lower front of bust:) MAJ GEN CS ARMY/DABNEY H. MAURY (On bronze plaque on front of base:) DABNEY H. MAURY/MAJOR GENERAL C.S. ARMY/COMMANDING DIVISION/ARMY OF VICKSBURG/JANUARY 20-APRIL 18 1863/--/CADET. U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY 1842/BVT 2ND LT. U.S. ARMY JULY 1 1846/SECOND LIEUTENANT, JULY 1, 1847, FIRST LIEUTENANT JAN. 27 1853/CAPT. CAV. C.S. ARMY MARCH 16 1861/LT. COL. 20-ST MISS. INF. JULY 19 1861/COLONEL, C.S. ARMY MARCH 12 1862/MAJOR GENERAL NOVEMBER 4 1862 signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A bust of Major General Dabney H. Maury, dressed in military uniform and wearing a mustache and goatee, placed atop a two-sectioned base with an inscribed plaque on its front.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Portrait male -- Maury, Dabney H. -- Bust
    Occupation -- Military -- Major General
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Vicksburg
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia
    Administered by Vicksburg National Military Park, 3201 Clay Street, Box 349, Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180
    Located Vicksburg National Military Park, Confederate Avenue, south of Mississippi Memorial, Vicksburg, Mississippi
    Remarks: 
    Major General Dabney H. Maury commanded a division of the Confederate Army during the Vicksburg campaign. Erected by the federal government. The monument is on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures (LCS no. 03330). IAS files contain a copy of the LCS report form. Bronze cost $575 and pedestal cost 220 paid by Federal Government.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MS7015, 1989.
    Vicksburg National Military Park, 1988.
    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 MS000251
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