Administered by University of Texas at Austin President's Office Main Building, Room 400, P. O. Box T Austin Texas 78713
Located University of Texas at Austin Dolph Briscoe Center for American History Austin Texas 78712
Date:
Removed Aug. 21, 2017. Relocated 2017
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, Austin survey, 1995.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, TX5001, TX5002, 1989.
Monumental News, July 1920; Feb. 1923.
Image on file.
Eckhardt, Carl J., ed., "Directory of Outdoor Statuary: The University of Texas at Austin," (Austin, TX: The Univ. of Texas at Austin, Office of Business Affairs, 1988), pg. 37.
Monumental News, July 1920, pg. 514-515.
(On proper left side of sculpture's bronze base:) P. Coppini Sc. (On front of granite base:) ROBERT E. LEE/ 1807 1870/COLONEL/IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY/SUPERINTENDENT/OF THE MILITARY ACADEMY/AT WEST POINT/COMMANDER OF THE ARMY/OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA/GENERAL IN CHIEF OF THE ARMIES/OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES/PRESIDENT OF WASHINGTON COLLEGE. signed
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Summary:
Portrait of Robert E. Lee, depicted standing, dressed in military uniform, wearing gauntlet gloves and clasping a hat in his proper right hand. His proper left arm rests on the hilt of his sword. The bronze sculpture stands atop a tiered granite base.
