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Kitson, Theo Alice Ruggles,
Bureau Brothers,
Homage -- Bickerdyke, Robert, Mrs. (Mary Ann Ball)
Occupation -- Medicine
History -- United States
Figure group
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Galesburg
Sculpture
Mother Bickerdyke Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Kitson, Theo Alice Ruggles, 1871-1932, sculptor.
Bureau Brothers, founder.
Title:
Mother Bickerdyke Memorial, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Statue of Mother Bickerdyke, (sculpture).
Dates:
1906. Cast and copyrighted 1906. Dedicated May 22, 1906.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Bronze on a granite base.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 59 x 77 1/2 x 56 in.; Base: approx. 48 1/2 x 77 1/2 x 60 in.
Inscription:
Theo Alice Ruggles-Kitson/Bureau Bros Bronze Foundry Philadelphia, PA (Base front:) Mary Bickerdyke/1861 Army Nurse 1865/"She Outranks Me:/General Sherman (Base back:) Mary A. Bickerdyke/1817 1901/In Recognition of her patriotic and heroic signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A nurse giving aid to a wounded soldier. The soldier is leaning against the nurse's proper left arm while she gives him water with her proper right arm. She is kneeling at his side watching him drink.
Subject:
Homage -- Bickerdyke, Robert, Mrs. (Mary Ann Ball)
Occupation -- Medicine -- Nurse
History -- United States -- Civil War
Figure group
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Galesburg
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Knox County, Galesburg, Illinois 61401
Located Knox County Courthouse, Courthouse lawn, Galesburg, Illinois 61401
Remarks:
IAS files contain copies of articles from the Daily Republican (Galesburg, IL), May 23, 1906; Galesburg Register-Mail, (Galesburg, IL), May 22, 1969 and Dru Cunningham's article, "Mother Bickerdyke - A Nursing Tradition," in The American Legion Magazine, May 1977 also discussing the monument and Bickerdyke's life. The statue commemorates one of America's first war nurses. May Ann Ball (born 1817), attended Oberlin College and at the age of 32 married Robert Bickerdyke of Cincinnati, and moved to Galesburg. At the age of 45, then a widow, she volunteered to serve as a Union army nurse and is credited with serving during 19 battles and setting up 300 hospitals. The memorial was erected at a cost of 5,000 dollars. Eight thousand people attended the dedication ceremony. Monument committee: Women's Relief Corps.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois survey, 1992.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, IL0101, 1989.
Monumental News, Nov. 1903; Jan., Nov. 1905.
Daily Republican (Galesburg, IL), May 23, 1906.
Galesburg Register-Mail (Galesburg, IL), May 22, 1969.
Cunningham, Dru, "Mother Bickerdyke - A Nursing Tradition," The American Legion Magazine, May 1977.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Daily Republican (Galesburg, IL), May 23, 1906.
Monumental News, Jan. 1905, pg. 23.
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 IL000171
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Inventory of American Sculpture
IL000171
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