Giles Waldo Shurtleff, (sculpture)

Object Details

Notes
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cleveland survey, 1994.
Image on file.
Elyria Chronicle-Telegram, March 25, 1992, pg. B-1.
f.f.p. (On lower front of sculpture:) .FREEDOM CAN NOT BE GIVEN. IT MUST BE ACHIEVED. (On bronze plaque on front of base:) 1831 GILES WALDO SHURTLEFF 1904/BELIEVING IN THE ABILITY OF THE NEGRO/TO AID IN THE FIGHT FOR HIS FREEDOM/HE ORGANIZED/THE FIRST REGIMENT OF COLORED TROOPS RAISED IN OHIO./INSPIRED BY HIS LEADERSHIP/THEY OFFERED THEIR LIVES FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE RACE. (On bronze plaque on rear of base:) CAPTAIN CO.C.-OBERLIN STUDENTS-7TH REGT. OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, 1861/PRISONER OF WAR AUGUST 1861-AUG. 1862/ON STAFF OF GENERAL WILCOX 9th ARMY CORPS OCTOBER 1862-MARCH 1863/ENGAGED IN THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG DECEMBER 1862/LIEUT. COLONEL AND COLONEL 5th U.S. COLORED TROOPS JULY 1863-JUNE 1865/BEFORE PETERSBURG THIS REGIMENT LAY/TWO MONTHS IN THE TRENCHES UNDER DAILY FIRE./NEARLY HALF ITS MEN WERE LOST AND HE WAS SEVERLY (sic) WOUNDED/IN THE CHARGE ON NEW MARKET SEPTEMBER 1864/BREWETTED (sic) BRIGADIER GENERAL MARCH 18(...transcription illegible) signed
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Summary
Giles Waldo Shurtleff stands dressed in a colonel's uniform. He wears a double-breasted jacket with large round buttons. A sword sheath and tassel hang at his proper left side from a wide belt. His head is turned to his proper right and he is looking off into the distance. His proper right arm is fully extended and he is pointing with his index finger. His proper left hand is clutching a scroll. He appears to be addressing a crowd. The sculpture is mounted atop a short base atop a rough-hewn block.
Data Source
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
Date
1898. Cast ca. 1911. Dedicated May 30, 1911
Control number
IAS OH000553
sculptor
Peck, Emily Ewing
Subject
Shurtleff, Giles Waldo
Type
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Medium
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite
Owner/Location
Administered by Oberlin College Division of Operations 70 Professor Street, Coy Administration Building Oberlin Ohio 44074
Located Corner of South Professor & Morgan Streets Oberlin Ohio
Topic
History--United States--Civil War
Portrait male--Full length
Occupation--Military--General
Occupation--Education--Teacher
Dress--Uniform--Military Uniform
Record ID
siris_ari_333590
Usage
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