Oliver Pollock Fountain and Monument, (sculpture)

Object Details

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Louisiana survey, 1996.; Image on file.; unsigned; 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: The monument to Oliver Pollock includes at one end, a fountain with relief wall of soldiers, civilians and cannons and at the opposite end, a portrait head of Pollock, with adjoining relief. There are two low-standing bronze lecterns, one on each side of the rim of the rectangular area between the Fountain and the Monument. On one lectern there is an open book and on the other there is a map of the site of the 1179 Battle of Baton Rouge, together with an open book. Inscribed in both books is a history of Oliver Pollock, Bernardo de Galvez and the famous battle.

1979

Type: Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture; Sculptures-Fountain; Sculptures-Relief; Sculptures

Owner/Location: Administered by City of Baton Rouge Public Works 444 St. Louis Street Baton Rouge Louisiana 70802; Located Galvez Plaza Baton Rouge Louisiana

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

Topic: History--United States--Louisiana; Portrait male--Head; Occupation--Military--Soldier; Figure group; Object--Weapon--Cannon