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Volk, Leonard Wells,
Robert Wood & Company,
Figure male
Occupation -- Military
History -- United States
Object -- Other
Object -- Musical Instrument
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago
Sculpture
Our Heroes: Civil War Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Volk, Leonard Wells, 1828-1895, sculptor.
Robert Wood & Company, founder.
Title:
Our Heroes: Civil War Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
1869-1970.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figure: marble; Shaft: limestone with bronze plaques.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 6 x 3 x 2 ft.; Shaft: approx. 24x 10 x 10 ft.
Inscription:
L. W. Volk 1869 / Robert Wood & Co/Bronze Founders/Philadelphia (Front of base, bronze plaque:) United States (Right side of base, bronze plaque:) County Court Cook County Illinois (Back of base, bronze plaque:) State of Illinois (Left side of base, bronze plaque:) Board of Trade of the City of Chicago signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A square shaft topped by a figure of the Union standard bearer holding his flag in his proper left hand and a bugle in his proper right. The flag is at his side. Four bronze plaques at the base of the shaft depict 4 figures representing the four branches of the service: cavalry, infantry, artillery and navy.
Subject:
Figure male
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
History -- United States -- Civil War
Object -- Other -- Flag
Object -- Musical Instrument -- Bugle
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago
Sculpture
Owner:
Rosehill Cemetery, 5800 North Ravenswood Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60660
References:
Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 359.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1992.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 359.
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 87580159
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