New Jersey Brigade Memorial, (sculpture)
Object Details
- sculptor
- Unknown
- fabricator
- O. J. Hammill Company
- founder
- Jno. Williams, Inc.
- Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
- National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA0100, 1989.
- Monumental News, Feb., March, and June 1913.
- Summary
- A Revolutionary War soldier stands in uniform, holding a musket with both hands with the barrel over his proper left shoulder. He is wearing knee-length pants, stockings, a wind-blown blanket wrapped around his shoulders, a muffler around his neck, and a tricorn hat. The figure is mounted upon a tall, multitiered, inscribed base that includes draping with bunting and rossettes above the midsection. The lower section of the base is stepped, with a bronze copy of the seal of New Jersey and a plaque below it.
- Dedicated May 30, 1913
- Control number
- IAS PA000495
- Type
- Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
- Sculptures
- Medium
- Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite
- Owner/Location
- Administered by United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Washington District of Columbia
- Located Valley Forge National Park P. O. Box 953 Valley Forge Pennsylvania 19481
- Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
- Topic
- History--United States--Revolution
- Figure male--Full length
- Occupation--Military--Soldier
- Dress--Uniform--Military Uniform
- Record ID
- siris_ari_327965
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
