Administered by Bell County Commissioners Court Belton Texas 76513
Located Bell County Courthouse Belton Texas
Date:
Ca. 1936. Installed 1936
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1993.
Image on file.
A. Agopoff, SC. (On front of base:) PETER HANSBROUGH BELL/1812-1898 (On right of base:) FOUGHT AT SAN JACINTO APRIL 21.1836/ASSISTANT INSPECTOR GENERAL AND/INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE TEXAS/ARMY.1837-1839.CAPTAIN OF TEXAS RANGERS/AND LIEUTENANT COLONEL OF MOUNTED/VOLUNTEERS IN THE MEXICAN/WAR.1845-1846..COLONEL OF A/TEXAS VOLUNTEER REGIMENT.1848-1849. (On left of base:) GOVERNOR OF TEXAS NOVEMBER 5.1849/TO NOVEMBER 23.1853..UNITED STATES/CONGRESSMAN FROM TEXAS 1853-1857/HE FOUGHT BRAVELY TO ESTABLISH/THE REPUBLIC AND WITH TACT/AND SKILL HE HELPED TO STEER/THE SHIP OF STATE THROUGH THE/TROUBLED WATERS OF ITS EARLY YEARS (On back of base:) ERECTED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS 1936/WITH FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY THE FEDERAL/GOVERNMENT TO COMMEMORATE ONE/HUNDRED YEARS OF TEXAS INDEPENDENCE signed
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Summary:
Full-length portrait of Peter Hansbrough Bell. He wears 19th century dress consisting of a suit and vest and an overcoat. His proper left hand rests on his hip. His proper right hand is held cupped in front of him. He is bearded and has a moustache. The bronze figure stands atop a pink granite truncated octagonal die supported by a square pedestal.
