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| Thomas Jefferson|| ? ||?|| UVA north grounds’ law school ||Jefferson standing || | | Thomas Jefferson|| ? ||?|| UVA north grounds’ law school ||Jefferson standing || | ||
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| George Rodgers Clark||Charles Keck ||1921|| Intersection of Jefferson Park Avenue and Main streets||Donated by Paul Goodloe Mcintyre to the University of Virginia || | | George Rodgers Clark||Charles Keck ||1921|| Intersection of Jefferson Park Avenue and Main streets||Donated by Paul Goodloe Mcintyre to the University of Virginia; listed in the Virginia Landmarks | ||
Register and National Register of Historic Places || | |||
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| Lewis & Clark (and Sacagewea)||Charles Keck ||1918|| Intersection of Ridge Street and Main streets||Donated by Paul Goodloe Mcintire to the city, to face west on the colonial Three Chopt Road. The design originally showed only Lewis and Clark but Keck on his own initiative included the figure of Sacagewea (and called her "the best of the lot"). Reliefs surrounding the statue show scenes from the expedition, including a depiction of the slave York. In 2009 the city added a bronze plaque explaining that Sacagawea is pathfinding, not crouching in subservience. || | | Lewis & Clark (and Sacagewea)||Charles Keck ||1918|| Intersection of Ridge Street and Main streets||Donated by Paul Goodloe Mcintire to the city, to face west on the colonial Three Chopt Road. The design originally showed only Lewis and Clark but Keck on his own initiative included the figure of Sacagewea (and called her "the best of the lot"). Reliefs surrounding the statue show scenes from the expedition, including a depiction of the slave York. In 2009 the city added a bronze plaque explaining that Sacagawea is pathfinding, not crouching in subservience. || |
Revision as of 14:09, 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 | |
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Memorial to General Ashby | Casper Buberl, George Julian Zolney | 1893 | University of Virginia Cemetery | effigy of bareheaded soldier standing on pedestal holding musket with fixed bayonet (dedicated to General Ashby but whether it actually depicts him is unclear); bronze tablets naming 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 | Gutzon Borglum | 1919 | U VA Grounds between Alderman and Clemons libraries | bronze life sized male nude figure of Icarus about to take flight, commissioned in honor of University alumnus, James Rogers McConnell’s heroism and courage in World War I as a member of the Lafayette Escadrille. | |
Thomas Jefferson | Moses Jacob Ezekial | 1908 | UVA Rotunda north side | Thomas Jefferson standing on a liberty bell, surrounded by four allegorical figures in high relief; the sculptor Moses Ezekial was one of the VMI Keydets who fought at New Market | |
Thomas Jefferson | ? | ? | UVA West lawn, south of Pavilion IX | Jefferson standing | |
Thomas Jefferson | ? | ? | UVA north grounds’ law school | Jefferson standing | |
George Rodgers Clark | Charles Keck | 1921 | Intersection of Jefferson Park Avenue and Main streets | Donated by Paul Goodloe Mcintyre to the University of Virginia; listed in the Virginia Landmarks
Register and National Register of Historic Places || | |
Lewis & Clark (and Sacagewea) | Charles Keck | 1918 | Intersection of Ridge Street and Main streets | Donated by Paul Goodloe Mcintire to the city, to face west on the colonial Three Chopt Road. The design originally showed only Lewis and Clark but Keck on his own initiative included the figure of Sacagewea (and called her "the best of the lot"). Reliefs surrounding the statue show scenes from the expedition, including a depiction of the slave York. In 2009 the city added a bronze plaque explaining that Sacagawea is pathfinding, not crouching in subservience. | |
George Washington | Jean Houdon | 1913 | U Va East Lawn, South of Pavillion X | One of 33 bronze copies made of a 1796 original in marble commissioned by Thomas Jefferson from Jean Houdon; the original now stands in the Virginia capital in Richmond | |
Homer | Moses Jacob Ezekial | 1907 | U Va South end of Lawn in front of Cabell Hall | seated blind Homer educating nude young man seated at his feet, said to be his guide |