List of statues, monuments, and war memorials: Difference between revisions

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| General Ashby||? ||1893 ||University of Virginia Cemetery ||effigy of General Ashby standing on pedestal; bronze tablets reflecting 1,097 Civil War dead, most of whom died of wounds or illness in Charlottesville hospitals and are buried in cemetery ||   
| General Ashby||? ||1893 ||University of Virginia Cemetery ||effigy of General Ashby standing on pedestal; bronze tablets reflecting 1,097 Civil War dead, most of whom died of wounds or illness in Charlottesville hospitals and are buried in cemetery ||   
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| Confederate Monument||? ||  ? ||  Court Square, 5t St. and Jefferson || confederate soldier facing south; two bronze cannons and cannonballs ||   
| Confederate Monument||? ||  1909 ||  Court Square, 5t St. and Jefferson || confederate soldier leaning on musket facing south;  inscriptions about valor; two bronze cannons and cannonballs ||   
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| Thomas Jonathan Jackson||Charles Keck ||  1924 || Jackson park, 4th St. and Jefferson || General Jackson mounted on his horse Sorrel; granite pedestal with sculpted figures representing Valor and Faith; names of battles ||  
| Thomas Jonathan Jackson||Charles Keck ||  1924 || Jackson park, 4th St. and Jefferson || General Jackson mounted on his horse Sorrel; granite pedestal with sculpted figures representing Valor and Faith; names of battles ||  

Revision as of 13:15, 23 March 2016

The following derives from a list maintained by the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society. It omits sculptures temporarily placed by the Art In Place program, which are usually modern abstract sculptures not figurative or representative.

Name Artist Date erected Place Description
General Ashby ? 1893 University of Virginia Cemetery effigy of General Ashby standing on pedestal; bronze tablets reflecting 1,097 Civil War dead, most of whom died of wounds or illness in Charlottesville hospitals and are buried in cemetery
Confederate Monument ? 1909 Court Square, 5t St. and Jefferson confederate soldier leaning on musket facing south; inscriptions about valor; two bronze cannons and cannonballs
Thomas Jonathan Jackson Charles Keck 1924 Jackson park, 4th St. and Jefferson General Jackson mounted on his horse Sorrel; granite pedestal with sculpted figures representing Valor and Faith; names of battles
The Aviator ? ? U VA Grounds between Alderman and Clemons libraries bronze life sized male nude figure of Icarus about to take flight
Thomas Jefferson ? ? UVA West Lawn, south of Pavillon IX Thomas Jefferson, life sized figure on pedestal
George Washington ? ? U Va East Lawn, South of Pavillion X Washington in bronze
Homer Moses Jacob Ezekial ? U Va South end of Lawn in front of Cabell Hall seated blind Homer educating nude young man, the sculptor Moses Ezekial was one of the VMI Keydets who fought at New Market