Sculptor:

Mead, Larkin Goldsmith 1835-1910  Search this

Founder:

Ames Manufacturing Company  Search this

Medium:

Bronze on a granite base

Type:

Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture

Sculptures

Owner/Location:

Administered by State of Illinois Illinois Historic Preservation Agency Springfield Illinois 62702

Located Oak Ridge Cemetery Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site 1441 Monument Avenue Springfield Illinois

Date:

Cast 1874-1875. Installed 1877

Notes:

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois survey, 1992.

Naude, Virginia Norton, "Sculptural Monuments in an Outdoor Environment," Philadelphia, PA: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1985, pg. 92.

Moore, Merl M., Jr., 1994.

Daily Evening Transcript (Boston), July 15, 1872, 3:2.

The Evening Post (New York), Sept. 11, 1874, 2:2.

Daily Evening Transcript (Boston), Nov. 18, 1875.

Daily Evening Transcript (Boston), Nov. 18, 1875.

Daily Evening Transcript (Boston), Nov. 23, 1875, 6:3 and 6:4.

The Evening Post (New York), Dec. 2, 1875, 1:3.

The Evening Post (New York), Dec. 14, 1875, 2:3.

Daily Evening Transcript (Boston), Dec. 21, 1875, 6:4.

Daily Evening Transcript (Boston), Jan. 25, 1877, 6:7.

Daily Evening Transcript (Boston), Aug. 17, 1877, 6:3.

Daily Evening Transcript (Boston), May 20, 1881, 6:6.

Daily Evening Transcript (Boston), Oct. 29. 1881, 11:2.

Daily Evening Transcript (Boston), July 15, 1882, 6:3.

L. G. MEAD/AMES FOUNDRY/CHICOPEE signed Founder's mark appears.

Centennial International Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876.

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.

Summary:

One of several statuary groups installed at Lincoln's Tomb. Scene on the deck of a ship showing a mortar ready for action, a gunner rolling up a shell, and a man climbing to the highest point to peer ahead. Beside them an officer holds a telescope in his proper left hand. This group is installed to the proper right of the artillery group.

Topic:

History--United States--Civil War  Search this

Occupation--Military--Soldier  Search this

Object--Weapon--Cannon  Search this

Object--Tool--Telescope  Search this

Figure group--Male  Search this

Dress--Uniform--Military Uniform  Search this

Control number:

IAS IL000372

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

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