Blinn College Star of the Republic Museum Route 1, Washington-on-the-Brazo State Historical Park Washington Texas 77880
Date:
Installed 1936
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1993.
Image on file.
Schoen, Harold, "Monuments Erected by the State of Texas to Commemorate the Centenary of Texas Independence, the Report of the Commission of Control for Texas Centennial Celebrations," Austin, TX: Commission of Control for Texas Centennial Celebrations, 1938, pg. 73.
(On plinth, rear:) Raoul Josset E. Gargani - Sons FDRY. NY signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
Portrait of George Campbell Childress. He stands, holding a document at his proper left side with both hands, a quill before it. He is wearing a short cape over an open, calf-length coat. The sculpture is mounted upon a short rectangular base and set adjacent to its original taller base shaft, now used as a commemorative marker.