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  • Viquesney, E. M.,
     
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  • History -- United States
     
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  • Figure male -- Full length
     
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  • Occupation -- Military
     
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  • Dress -- Uniform
     
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  • Object -- Weapon
     
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  • Object -- Weapon
     
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  • Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Clearwater
     
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  • Sculpture
     
     
    The Spirit of the American Doughboy, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Viquesney, E. M., 1876-1946, sculptor.
    Title: 
    The Spirit of the American Doughboy, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Soldier Sculpture, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Copyrighted 1920, 1934.
    Medium: 
    Figure: bronze, with patina; Base: stone or concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 5 ft. 8 in. x 3 ft. x 4 ft.; Base: approx. H. 5 ft. 3 in. x Diam. 9 1/2 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque at proper right corner of plinth, raised:) 'SPIRIT OF THE/AMERICAN DOUGHBOY'/COPYRIGHTED BY/E.M. VIQUESNEY SCULPTOR/SPENCER, INDIANA. (Around circumference of metal insignia on base, raised:) AMERICAN LEGION (At center of metal insignia on base, within star, raised:) U.S unsigned
    Description: 
    Figure of a World War I infantryman advancing through the stumps and barbed wire of No Man's Land. He holds a rifle in his proper left hand and a grenade in his upraised proper right hand.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- World War I
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object -- Weapon -- Gun
    Object -- Weapon -- Grenade
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Clearwater
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Clearwater Memorial Causeway Park, Clearwater, Florida
    Remarks: 
    Monument to World War I soldiers. In 1991, T. Perry Wesley reported base media as stone; in 1994, Save Outdoor Sculpture survey reported base media as concrete.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Florida, Tampa survey, 1994.
    Wesley, T. Perry, 1991.
    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 47260010
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