War Correspondents Memorial Arch, (sculpture)

Object Details

designer

Townsend, George Alfred 1841-1914

founder

J. W. Fiske Iron Works

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985

Maryland Park Service, 1978.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland survey, 1993.

Image on file.

(On a small plaque attached near the base of the Greek youth:) J.W. FISKE MANUFACTURER/26/28/NEW-PARK-PLACE-YORK (On front of monument:) SPEED / HEED (On bronze plaques: names of 157 war correspondents and war artists who described the events of the Civil War) Founder's mark appears.

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Summary

The monument is a large stone facade consisting of a central arch topped by three small arches, and flanked on one side by a Medieval tower adorned with a large niche containing a zinc figure representing the war correspondent as a Greek youth. The figure, a composite of Pan, Ares, and Hermes, wears a winged helmet, and holds a pan flute in his proper left hand and sword in his proper right hand. Shallow, circular niches around the monument contain busts of Mercury, Electricity, and Poetry, and two horse heads. The large arch in the center of the monument is built of Hummelstown purple stone and the small arches above it are built of limestone from Creek Battlefield, Virginia.

Dedicated Sept. 14, 1896

Control number

IAS 75005806

Type

Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture

Sculptures-Arch

Sculptures

Medium

Hummelstown purple stone, limestone, terra cotta, zinc

Owner/Location

Administered by State of Maryland Maryland Park Service Tawes State Office Building Annapolis Maryland 21401

Located Gathland State Park Route 1 Burkittsville Maryland

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

Topic

Mythology--Classical--Mercury

Allegory--Arts & Sciences--Industry

Allegory--Arts & Sciences--Poetry

Mythology--Classical--Pan

Mythology--Classical--Ares

Mythology--Classical--Hermes

Animal--Horse

Record ID

siris_ari_10869

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