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The following derives from a list maintained by the Albemarle | 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. | ||
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Revision as of 12:45, 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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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 | ? | ? | Court Square, 5t St. and Jefferson | confederate soldier facing south; 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 |