# Alexander Doyle

Alexander Doyle (1857–1922) was an American sculptor.
Doyle was born in Steubenville, Ohio, and spent his youth in Louisville (Kentucky) and St. Louis (Missouri) before going to Italy to study sculpture in Bergamo, Rome, and Florence, studying with Giovanni Duprè, Carlo Nicoli and Fernando Pelliccia.
After returning to the United States he settled in New York City and became one of the most prominent sculptors of the era. There are three statues by Doyle in National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C.: Thomas Hart Benton (Thomas Hart Benton), Francis Preston Blair Jr. (Francis Preston Blair Jr.) and John E. Kenna (John E. Kenna).
Doyle became a sculptor of marble and bronze monuments of historical figures including Civil War participants and other prominent persons. He studied in Italy at the National Academies at Carrara, Rome, and Florence and was a member of the Royal Raphael Academy. His work can be found throughout the United States including in Washington, D.C., Missouri, Alabama, New York, Ohio, Indiana, Georgia, and Mississippi.
In New Orleans, where he was active in 1882 and 1883, he created a trio of important sculptures of Confederate States Army generals. These are: the city's iconic figure of General Robert E. Lee at Lee Circle, dedicated in 1884 and removed by Mayor Mitch Landrieu on May 19, 2017; the massive bronze General Beauregard Equestrian Statue at the entrance to City Park (1915), removed on May 16 of 2017 and placed in a city junk yard; and the bronze statue of General Albert Sydney Johnston atop the Army of the Tennessee cenotaph in Metairie Cemetery (1887). According to Leonard V. Huber, author of New Orleans Architecture: The Cemeteries, Doyle's finest work is "Calling the Roll" (1885), a marble sculpture of an unknown Confederate soldier. "Calling the Roll" stands before the General Johnston bronze monument in Metairie Cemetery.
A Doyle marble statue of Margaret Haughery, a New Orleans woman who devoted her life to the poor, was erected in 1889, the first monument to honor a female philanthropist in the United States.
The "Alexander Doyle Papers, 1852-1937" are located in the Smithsonian Institution’s Archives of American Art in Washington D.C.

## Partial list of works

| Title | Year | Location/GPS Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Notes | Image |
| Washington Artillery Memorial Cenotaph | 1880 | Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans | Granite | Sculpture: approx. H. 8 ft.; Base: approx. 20 × 20 × 20 ft | | |
| Francis Scott Key Grave and Monument | 1881 | Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Maryland | Bronze sculpture on stone base | Sculpture: approx. 15 ft. × 80 in. × 80 in.; Base: approx. 10 ft. × 80 in. × 80 in. | | |
| William Pinkney Funerary Monument | c. 1883 | Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | Marble | | Commissioned by William Wilson Corcoran. | |
| Margaret Haughery Memorial, "The Bread Giver" | 1884 | New Orleans, Louisiana | Marble on granite base | Sculpture: approx. H. 5 ft.; Base: approx. H. 7 ft | Made for the Citizens' Committee of New Orleans. | |
| Robert E. Lee Monument | 1884 | Lee Circle, New Orleans | Bronze sculpture on granite column | Sculpture: approx. H. 16 ft.; Column: approx. 90 ft. | Removed in May 2017. | |
| John Howard Payne Funerary Monument | | Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | Marble | | Commissioned by William Wilson Corcoran. | |
| Statue of Benjamin Harvey Hill | 1885 | Georgia Capitol Museum, Atlanta | Marble | 161 × 53 × 53 in | "Portrait of Benjamin Harvey Hill standing with his right hand resting on a podium and his left hand pulling back the side of his overcoat, and resting on his left hip." | |
| Calling the Roll | 1886 | Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans | Marble | Sculpture: approx. 6 × 3 × 3 ft.; Base: approx. 3 × 3 × 3 ft. | Adjacent to the mausoleum set up by Association Army of Tennessee, Louisiana Division, C.S.A with Doyle's Equestrian Statue of General Albert Sidney Johnston. The sculpture was a gift of Charles T. Howard. The sculpture depicts a Confederate soldier calling role; the soldier's face was carved based on the photography of New Orleans Confederate Soldier William Brunet. | |
| General Philip Schuyler, Saratoga Battle Monument | 1886 | Saratoga National Historical Park (Victory, New York) | Bronze | approximately 7 feet | | Image of sculpture |
| General James B. Steedman Monument | 1887 | Riverside Park (Toledo, Ohio) | Bronze sculpture on a Vermont marble base on a second concrete base. | Figure: approx. H. 10 ft. × W. 3 ft.; Base: approx. 20 × 9 × 9 ft.; Concrete base: approx. H. 4 ft. × Diam. 35 ft. (2,200 lbs.). | | Image of sculpture |
| General Albert Sidney Johnston Equestrian Statue | 1887 | Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans | Bronze on granite base | Sculpture: approx. 10 × 3 × 8 ft.; Base: approx. 30 in. × 3 ft. × 8 ft. | Erected by the Association Army of Tennessee, Louisiana Division, C.S.A. Louisiana's General P.G.T. Beauregard is entombed there. | |
| Volunteer Firemen's Monument | 1887 | Greenwood Cemetery (New Orleans, Louisiana) | White Carrara marble sculpture on Hallowell Maine granite base | Sculpture: approx. 6 × 2 × 2 ft.; Base: approx. 46 × 18 × 18 ft. | | |
| William Jasper Monument | 1888 | Savannah, Georgia | Bronze sculpture and plaques on granite base | 15 feet 6 inches | | |
| National Monument to the Forefathers | 1889 | Plymouth, Massachusetts | Marble on granite base with marble reliefs | Sculpture: approx. H. 36 ft. (180 tons); Base: approx. H. 45 ft | Commissioned by the Pilgrim Society. | |
| James A. Garfield Memorial | 1890 | Lakeview Cemetery (Cleveland, Ohio) | Sculpture: Carrara marble on granite base | 12 feet | | |
| Horace Greeley Monument | 1890 | Greeley Square (New York, New York) | Bronze sculpture on Quincy granite base | Sculpture: H. 7 ft.; Pedestal: H. 8 ft. | | |
| Bison Fountain | 1891 | Iowa State Capitol (Des Moines, Iowa) | Bronze and granite sculpture on granite tile base | | | Image of sculpture |
| Henry W. Grady statue | 1892 | Henry Grady Square (Atlanta, Georgia) | Bronze sculpture on Georgia granite base | | | |
| Thomas H. Benton | 1895–1897 | National Statuary Hall, United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.) | Marble | H. 7 ft. 7 in. | Gift of the State of Missouri. | |
| Francis P. Blair Jr. | 1895–1897 | National Statuary Hall, United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.) | Marble | H. 7 ft. 6 in. | | |
| John E. Kenna | 1897–1901 | National Statuary Hall, United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.) | Marble | H. 7 ft. 9 in. | | |
| Alabama Confederate Monument | 1898 | Alabama State Capitol (Montgomery, Alabama) | Russellville limestone, granite, and bronze sculpture on Russellville limestone base | Sculpture: approx. 80 × 35 × 35 ft.; Base: approx. 51⁄2 × 40 × 40 ft. | | |
| Iowa State Capitol Relief | 1898 | Iowa State Capitol (Des Moines, Iowa) | Bronze sculpture on granite base | Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. 4 in. × 6 ft. 5 in. × 6 in.; Base: approx. 9 ft. × 26 ft. × 30 ft. 2 in. | "A uniformed nineteenth century-era soldier stands at the center of the relief, holding a flagpole in his bent proper right arm and a rifle in his proper right hand. An eagle overhead bears a banner in its mouth on which is written the State motto. The decorative scrolling includes corn and wheat stalks." | |
| Richard W. Thompson Bust | 1902 | Vigo County Courthouse (Terre Haute, Indiana) | Bronze sculpture on Indiana limestone base | Sculpture: approx. 21⁄2 ft. × 36 in. × 20 in.; Base: approx. 7 ft. × 551⁄4 in × 441⁄4 in. | | Image of sculpture |
| General Beauregard Equestrian Statue | 1915 | City Park (New Orleans, Louisiana) | Bronze sculpture on Stone Mountain granite base | 20 feet | Removed and placed in city storage yard May 2017. | |
| General Charles G. Halpine portrait | | | Bronze sculpture on granite pedestal | | Commissioned by the Grand Army of the Republic, Dahlgren Post, New York. | |
| James L. Ridgely sculpture | | | Bronze | | Commissioned by the Sovereign Grand Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Baltimore, Maryland. | |
| Aretas Blood mausoleum | | Valley Cemetery, Manchester, New Hampshire | Granite | | | Image of mausoleum |
| Cross for Charles W. Gould tomb | | Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York | Marble | | | |
| Austin Flint bas-relief portrait | | Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, New York | Bronze | | | |