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title:General Erastus B. Wolcott, (sculpture)
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content:
 freetext:
  date:
  
  label:Date
  content:1919. Dedicated June 12, 1920


  name:
  
  label:sculptor
  content:Packer, Francis Herman 1873-1957

  
  label:architect
  content:Ross, Albert Randolf

  
  label:founder
  content:Gorham Manufacturing Company

  
  label:fabricator
  content:Tinella & Sons

  
  label:Subject
  content:Wolcott, Erastus Bradley


  notes:
   
   label:Notes
   content:Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wisconsin, Milwaukee survey, 1993.

   
   label:Notes
   content:Palmer, Virginia A., 1989.

   
   label:Notes
   content:National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, WI5002, 1989.

   
   label:Notes
   content:Monumental News, Oct., 1920, pg. 777.

   
   label:Notes
   content:Monumental News, Oct., 1920, pg. 777.

   
   label:Notes
   content:(Proper left top of base:) F.H. Packer, Sc., 1919 (Proper right top of base:) Gorham Mfg. Co. (Inscribed on base:) BRIG. GENERAL E. B. WOLCOTT/SURGEON GENERAL OF WISCONSIN IN THE CIVIL/WAR AND FOR THIRTEEN YEARS AFTERWARD./HE LIVED A BLAMELESS LIFE, EMINENT IN HIS/PROFESSION A LOVER OF HUMANITY, WHO/DELIGHTED TO SERVE HIS FELLOWMEN; HIS CITY,/STATE AND NATION. (Inscribed on granite pillar to the south:) E.B.W. Post # 1 (On bench wings:) FRATERNITY CHARITY EQUALITY DEVOTION TO COUNTRY signed Founder's mark appears.

   
   label:Notes
   content: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.

   
   label:Summary
   content:Equestrian statue of Erastus B. Wolcott on an exedra base facing east. Formerly had eagles at each end of exedra, since removed by vandals. On pillar to the north, there is a granite head of a cow, representing Wisconsin.


   place:
   
   label:Owner/Location
   content:Administered by Milwaukee County Department of Parks, Recreation and Culture 9480 West Watertown Plank Road Wauwatosa Wisconsin 53226

   
   label:Owner/Location
   content:Located Lake Park 2900 North & 2800 East Milwaukee Wisconsin


   topic:
   
   label:Topic
   content:Portrait male--Full length

   
   label:Topic
   content:Occupation--Military--General

   
   label:Topic
   content:Occupation--Medicine--Doctor

   
   label:Topic
   content:Equestrian

   
   label:Topic
   content:Allegory--Place--Wisconsin


   dataSource:
   
   label:Data Source
   content:Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums


   identifier:
   
   label:Control number
   content:IAS 74020048


   objectType:
   
   label:Type
   content:Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture

   
   label:Type
   content:Sculptures-Exedra

   
   label:Type
   content:Sculptures


   physicalDescription:
   
   label:Medium
   content:Bronze sculpture with Milford granite base, wings, benches and pillars



  indexedStructured:
   date:
   1910s

   name:
   Wolcott, Erastus Bradley
   Packer, Francis Herman
   Gorham Manufacturing Company
   Ross, Albert Randolf
   Tinella & Sons

   place:
   Milwaukee
   Wisconsin

   topic:
   Medicine
   Horsemen and horsewomen
   Physicians
   Occupations
   Men
   Portraits
   Allegory
   Military

   coordinates:
   
   43.06414564,-87.96723289


   geoLocation:
   
   L1:
   type:Continent
   content: North America

   L2:
   type:Country
   content:United States of America

   L3:
   type:State
   content:Wisconsin

   L5:
   type:City
   content:Milwaukee

   points:
   dates:0
   label:0
   point:
   latitude:
   type:decimal
   content:43.06414564

   longitude:
   type:decimal
   content:-87.96723289





   object_type:
   Sculpture (visual work)
   Outdoor sculpture
   Exedrae (site elements)


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    content:General Erastus B. Wolcott, (sculpture)

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