Administered by State of Mississippi Department of Archives and History 100 South State Street, Capers Building, P. O. Box 571 Jackson Mississippi 39205
Located War Memorial Building 120 North State Street Jackson Mississippi 39201
Date:
Commissioned ca. 1939-1940. 1941
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1994.
Image on file.
unsigned
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Summary:
Relief sculpture is a grouping of seven male figures and one central female figure. The central figure wears Classical robes and has shoulder-length hair. She holds a palm horizontally behind her head in her proper right hand. Her proper left hand rests on a large round machine part. To the left stand four uniformed soldiers. The soldier on the far left kneels and a horse can be seen in the background. Three civilian figures stand to the right. They are a farmer, a laborer and a machine operator. The wall of the relief is bordered with a Greek key motif.
