1st Regiment Infantry National Guard of Philadelphia, also known as the Spirit of '61, is a bronze statue by Henry Kirke Bush-Brown installed in Philadelphia at the Union League Club, 140 South Broad Street, Center City – adjacent to John Wilson's sculpture Washington Grays Monument.[1][2][3][4]
| 1st Regiment Infantry National Guard of Philadelphia | |
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| Year | 1911 |
| Type | Bronze |
| Dimensions | 210 cm × 140 cm × 120 cm (84 in × 54 in × 48 in) |
| Location | Philadelphia |
| 39°56′59″N 75°09′52″W / 39.949800°N 75.164400°W | |
| Owner | City of Philadelphia Fairmount Park Commission |
History edit
Commissioned in 1911 by the First Regiment, Infantry of the National Guard of Pennsylvania for that organization's 50th anniversary, this sculpture was installed in front of the Union League building on Broad Street, Philadelphia in 1911, and deeded to the Union League of Philadelphia in 1962 in celebration of the First Regiment's centennial anniversary.[5]
Physical description edit
The sculpture depicts a Civil War-era soldier marching in full uniform as a member of the First Regiment, Infantry of the National Guard of Pennsylvania. A successor regiment of the Gray Reserves, which was established in 1822, the First Regiment was called to action following the mid-April 1861 Fall of Fort Sumter. The plaque on the sculpture’s base was inscribed with the words: "First Regiment Infantry/National Guard of Pennsylvania/Grays Reserves/1861 April–1911."[6]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "1st Regiment Infantry National Guard of Philadelphia" (sculpture), Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture (retrieved October 23, 2011)
- ^ "Spirit of '61," Christopher William Purdom (webmsaster), Philadelphia Public Art philart
.net - ^ History of the First Regiment Infantry, National Guard of Pennsylvania, compiled by Edwin North Benson (1840–1932), Richard Dale Benson (1841–1920), Theodore Edward Wiedersheim (1846–1916), Wm. H. Dole & Co's. Printing House (William Henry Dole, Sr.; 1848–1930) (1880); OCLC 866447194
- ^ History of the First Regiment Infantry, National Guard of Pennsylvania (Gray Reserves) 1861–1911, by James William Latta (1839–1922), Mag. Gen. National Guard of Pennsylvania, Retired, J. B. Lippincott & Co. (1912); OCLC 866445135
- ^ "Spirit of ’61 (1911)." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Association for Public Art, retrieved online February 15, 2019.
- ^ "Spirit of '61 (1911), Association of Public Art.
External links edit
- "Political Notes: Unmistakable Republican," Time, October 28, 1946
- "First Regiment Philadelphia, PA" (photo), by Seth Gaines (© July 16, 2006)