Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw, (sculpture)

Object Details

sculptor

Saint-Gaudens, Augustus 1848-1907

Subject

Shaw, Robert Gould

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1993.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.

Dryfhout, John, "The Works of Augustus Saint Gaudens," Hanover, NH: Univ. of New England Press, 1982, pg. 222-229.

Image on file.

Dryfhout, John, "The Works of Augustus Saint Gaudens," Hanover, NH: Univ. of New England Press, 1982, pg. 229.

Augustus Saint Gaudens (Below figures:) ROBERT SHAW GOULD KILLED WHILE LEADING THE ASSAULT ON FORT WAGNER JULY TWENTY THIRD EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE AUGUSTUS SAINT GAUDENS MDCCCLXXXXVIII (Above horse's head:) OMNIA RELINQUIT/SERVARE REMPUBLICAM signed

Pan American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901.

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Summary

Colossal plaster tablet, consisting of figures in high relief, with a portrait of Robert Gould Shaw on horse in foreground, with soldiers in background and an angel figure flying overhead. Colonel Shaw is depicted in campaign uniform and fatigue cap, seated on horse, with sword at his side in proper right hand. In the background are ranks of marching black soldiers. They carry bedrolls on their backpacks and are holding rifles over the shoulders. They are preceded by a drummer boy. An allegorical female angel figure floats above the figures, with her proper left hand extended outward and her proper right hand clasping laurel. Her head is turned downward; her drapery is horizontally arranged. The plaster cast is set within a wooden frame, part of a protective structure.

Culture

African American

1898. Cast 1901

Control number

IAS 76007841

Type

Sculptures-Model

Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture

Sculptures

Medium

Sculpture: plaster, painted; Base: wood

Owner/Location

Administered by United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Washington District of Columbia

On loan to National Gallery of Art Fourth Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20565

Lent by Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site RR 3, Box 73 Cornish New Hampshire 03745

Title

Shaw Memorial, (sculpture)

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

Topic

Portrait male--Full length

Occupation--Military--Colonel

Figure group--Male

Occupation--Military--Soldier

Ethnic

Figure female--Full length

Allegory--Civic--Peace

Object--Foliage--Laurel

Record ID

siris_ari_18620

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