The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-24
MEMORIAL GROUP
CAST IN BRONZE
Virginia Commission Accepts
Portion Of Gettysburg
Monument.
WORK OF F. WILLIAM SEWERS
VIII Stand i'll Front OF Figure
OF Lee Mounted on
Traveller.
WORK OF F. WILLIAM SEWERS

ihc bronze group. which will form
hn important part Of the Virginia
monument ut Gettysburg, has been cast
at the tiffany studios, OH Long Island,
ana has been accepted by tho commfs-
SION. IL is to stand against the granite
pas" just In, front of the equestrian
Heure OF General Robert +. Lee. mount
." Oh 'Travclcr.' The lower group is
one Of the largest and most important
that has becn-rnst in recent years. 1t
~ sixteen feet In length, eighteen feet
h'Sh and five feet deep. 1t VIII be on
exhibition at the Tiffany studios Mt
Corona for several weeks before IL is
moved 20 Gettysburg. The commits
sion In charge OF the Virginia memorial
AZ Gettysburg consists OF Governor
Mann. Colonel Thomas Smith. Colonel
w. Gordon McCabc. Major T.. Edmund
son and Captain stephen r. Reid
Designed by sicvers.
inc commission at the outset of it's
work soInc years ago invited forty
scuiptors 10 submit suggestions for the
gettysburg monument, and. after Ge-
nberation. aelec,ed the design sub
United by ". William Sievers, p we'll
known artist. whose early training
WAS obtained in Richmond undcr the
Iatc w. l. Sheppard. and later AT the
Royal Academy of Fine Arts. In Rome
and for short while ~ Julicns in
faris Members OF the commission
believe that their choice OF an artist
has been amply justified by the WORK
mat has been accomplished. which. in
addition TO being the finest art work
executed by Mr.. sievcrs, ia also claimed
10 be the noblcst memorial erected bv
Southerncrs. and to 0utrank In artistic
conception. interest and workrnanshiD
amy OF tho monuments that have been
erected In the gettysburg National
Park
distinctive in plan.
The monument differs in many 70
spects from those in the group. which
are TO form ono great Southern Ne
mortal IT Will consist Of "A granite
shaft, on top OF which is to be placed
The figure OF General Lee on his IN :
Norite horse. Below and in front OF
General Lee the group which has Just
been accepted VIII surnount "A granite
pedestal sixteen feet high The aim
OF the artist was primarily TO produce
military memorial which would diff
fer from the conventional figures of
holdicrs grouped about n pedestal He
desired 10 present in his characters the
various occupations of the men en-
listed in the various branches OF the
army Of Northern Virginia. There are
seven figures In the group. two boys
one OF the extreme left, q bugler Of
artillery. and the other mounted. in
the centre, a cavalry color-bcarer, car
fying the state Nag OF Virginia. One
ngurc presents farmer fighting side
by side with one whose expression and
bearing mark him as a prosperous
banker or busincSS man. The long hair
aGuiline features and neRliEce appear
ancc or the artilleryman pictures an
artist. while by his side stands a stall
wart mechanic. his inusI1et firmly
gripped to rcpei an attack. The man
erect on the extreme left. biting off the
end Of cartridge. suggests type
found among the profoS sions. perhaps
Il doctor
The shattered cannon. broken wheel.
discarded knapsack, hat, swab and ex-
ploded she'll which are scattered about
the ground. indicate that the place