Bronze sculpture on red granite base on concrete foundation
Type:
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of Baltimore Recreation and Parks 2600 Madison Avenue Baltimore Maryland 21217
Date:
1915-1917. Removed Aug. 15, 2017
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
The Peale Museum.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland, Baltimore survey, 1993.
Keyser, Ephraim, "Baltimore The Monumental City-Why?," Art and Archaelogy XIX, nos. 5-6 (June 1925): pg. 229-238.
"The Rinehart School of Sculpture 75th Anniversary Catalogue 1896-1971," Baltimore: Maryland Institute, College of Art, 1971, pg. 16-47.
Rusk, William, "Art in Baltimore: Monuments and Memorials," Baltimore: Norman, Remington, 1929, pg. 22-23.
Naylor, Henry and Caroline, "Public Monuments & Sculpture of Baltimore: An Introduction to the Collection, 1987.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MD5012, 1989.
Monumental News, Nov. 1913; Aug., Sept. 1914.
Image on file.
Rusk, William, "Art in Baltimore: Monuments and Memorials," Baltimore: Norman, Remington, 1929, plate 4.
"The Rinehart School of Sculpture 75th Anniversary Catalogue 1896-1971," Baltimore: Maryland Institute, College of Art, 1971, pg. 23.
(On lower rear of sculpture:) J. Maxwell Miller/1915-1917 (On sculpture rear:) Cast by/Roman Bronze Works, Inc N.Y. (Front of base:) TO THE/CONFEDERATE WOMEN/OF MARYLAND/1861-1865/"THE BRAVE AT HOME" (Back of base:) IN DIFFICULTY AND DANGER/REGARDLESS OF SELF/THEY FED THE HUNGRY/CLOTHED THE NEEDY/NURSED THE WOUNDED/AND/COMFORTED THE DYING signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
"This monument to Women of the Confederacy is composed of three figures in bronze, the tallest measuring nine feet. The male figure represents a fallen soldier. An older woman, placed between the fallen soldier and a younger standing woman, is shown administering care to the young man. He rests against her body, his head tilted upward and back against her chest as she looks down at him with her proper right arm against his chest and her proper left arm supporting his neck. The standing woman's cape appears to blow in the wind as she gazes off into the distances. Her hands are tucked back under the flag staff he holds across his body."
