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Howland, Jack,
Bureau Brothers,
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
History -- United States
Dress -- Uniform
Object -- Weapon
Object -- Weapon
Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Denver
Sculpture
Soldier's Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Howland, Jack, sculptor.
Bureau Brothers, founder.
Title:
Soldier's Monument, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Civil War Memorial, (sculpture).
Civil War Monument, (sculpture).
Civil War Soldier, (sculpture).
Dates:
1906. Dedicated July 24, 1909.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figure: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 8 x 4 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 10 x 8 x 8 ft.
Inscription:
(Four tablets on the base of the monument bear names of battles and lists of names of Colorado soldiers who died in the Civil War)
Description:
Bronze figure of a Union soldier, mounted on a granite base. Figure's proper right hand grasps rifle butt, proper left hand grasps rifle barrel. His proper left foot is forward. He wears a raincoat, boots and spurs, and a Union soldier hat. He has a strapped and shielded saber, a pistol holster, and under his raincoat, a canteen. Plaques on each side of base list Civil War dead in Colorado.
Subject:
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
History -- United States -- Civil War
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object -- Weapon -- Gun
Object -- Weapon -- Sword
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Denver
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City & County of Denver, Mayor's Office of Art, Culture, and Film, 303 West Colfax, Suite 615, Denver, Colorado 80204
Located Colorado State Capitol Complex, 201 East Colfax Avenue, Near west entrance, Denver, Colorado 80203
Remarks:
The memorial cost an estimated $15,000 and was Denver's tribute to Colorado volunteers who fought for the North in the Civil War, and it also represents defiance of Southern Rebels. The Denver Public Library, Western History Department, contains additional information about this sculpture.
References:
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, CO7017, 1989.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Denver survey, 1993.
Monumental News, Jan. 1910, pg. 22.
Public Monument Conservation Project, 1986.
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 CO000002
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Inventory of American Sculpture
CO000002
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