Oliver P. Morton, (sculpture).

Oliver P. Morton, (sculpture).

Schwarz, Rudolf, 1866-1912, sculptor.

Oliver P. Morton, (sculpture).

Installed 1907.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.

3 figures. Morton: approx. 10 x 4 x 4 ft.; Flanking figures: each approx. 9 x 3 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 15 x 21 x 15 ft.

(On proper right self-base of figure on proper right:) R. SCHWARZ (On back of central pedestal:) Oliver Perry Morton/Born in Wayne Co. Indiana August 4, 1823./Died in Indianapolis November 1, 1877./Aged 54 years, 2 months and 25 days./Admitted to the bar in 1847./Served as Governor of Indiana from January/16, 186 (date illegible), to March 4, 1867./Served as U.S. Senator from Indiana from/March 4, 1867 until his death, November 1, 1877/In all ways and at all times, the friend of/the Union Soldier. The friend of the country./The upholder of Abraham Lincoln./The defender of the flag and the Union/of the States, Patriot, Statesman,/Lover of liberty, Heroic in heart,/Inflexible in purpose, and ever to be known/in history as/The Great War Governor/At the Annual meeting held in June, 1904, the Department of Indiana/Grand Army of the Republic,/In (sic) organization of the honorably discharged soldiers and sailors/who served in the army and navy to preserve the integrity of the republic of the/United States of America. In the Great Civil War from A.D. 1861 to 1865./Memorialized the legislature of the State of Indiana to appropriate sufficient/Money to erect this monument to perpetuate the memory of/OLIVER PERRY MORTON,/THE GREAT WAR GOVERNOR OF INDIANA DURING THAT PERIOD. signed

Monument featuring three full-length bronze figures. Standing at the top of a tall granite pedestal is a portrait of Oliver Perry Morton. He has a full beard and moustache. He wears nineteenth-century dress including a suit with long overcoat. His proper right arm is bent and he gestures with his proper right hand. Flanking each side of the pedestal is a full-length figure of a Union soldier. The figure on the proper right is in uniform and holds a rifle across his body with both hands. The figure on the proper left holds a bayonet vertically in front of him. At the front foot of the pedestal is a high relief sculpture of two crossed American flags with olive branches and a wreath made of acorns and oak leaves. The figures stand on low pedestals which protrude out from the sides of the central granite pedestal. The pedestal ends in two steps.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Portrait male -- Morton, Oliver Perry -- Full length

Occupation -- Political -- Governor

Occupation -- Political -- Senator

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Object -- Other -- Flag

Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Indianapolis

Administered by State of Indiana, Department of Administration, Indiana Government Center South, 402 West Washington, Indianapolis, Indiana

Located Indiana State House, East side entrance steps, Indianapolis, Indiana

Morton was governor of Indiana and served as United States senator from Indiana. Funds for the monument were appropriated by the state legislature.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1994.

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