Colonel Alexander W. Doniphan - Richmond, MO
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 39° 16.722 W 093° 58.656
15S E 415680 N 4348160
The Mexican war (1846), lawyer, orator, commander, and if you believe the text, he was "The Greatest", before that boxer.
Waymark Code: WMKF7Y
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 04/05/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Math Teacher
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County of statue: Ray County
Location of statue: College St. & Main St., courthouse lawn, Richmond
Artist: Frederick Cleveland Hibbard, 1881-1950, sculptor
Founder: Florentine Brotherhood Foundry
Date erected: Commissioned Aug. 25, 1917; Installed Dec. 8, 1917; Dedicated July 29, 1918

Plaques:
(Front Base): Erected by the State of Missouri in honor of Colonel Alexander W. Doniphan
Commander of First Regiment Missouri Mounted Volunteers in the War with Mexico
Born Mason County, Kentucky, July 9, 1808
Died Richmond, Missouri, August 8, 1887
On the roster of the great soldiers of the Earth must always stand in a halo of glory the name of Colonel Alexander W. Doniphan of Missouri

(Base Proper Right): [relief art scene] Doniphan's Expedition to Mexico, 1846-47. 3600 Hundred Miles. The Greatest March in History.

(Base Proper Left): [relief art battle scene] Sacramento, February 25, 1847

(Base Rear): Colonel Alexander William Doniphan. Colonel Doniphan was of immense stature, noble appearance, brilliant parts, fearless, of great moral courage, sanguine, faithful, just, poetic in temperament, the champion of the down-trodden, eloquent beyond description and without doubt entitled to be classed among the greatest orators and lawyers that even lived.

TITLE: Colonel Alexander W. Doniphan

ARTIST(S): Frederick Cleveland Hibbard, 1881-1950, sculptor

DATE: July 29, 1918

MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Base: red granite

CONTROL NUMBER: IAS MO000177

Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]

PHYSICAL LOCATION:
College St. side courthouse lawn Richmond, MO 64085

DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
Lots: please see text of the four side above. The text shown in the listing as being on the lower right of statue, I could not find. On the left bronze base of statue under statue's foot "Fredrica [sic] C. Hibbard, Sc. 1917" is exactly like this. On the granite base 4 (four) copper plaques appear. Two with scenes of Doniphans 1846 military life (shown in photo gallery), and two with text. Text is listed above & shown in the photo gallery. Proper description is close. It states he is leaning on a "walking stick" in his proper right hand. Actually he is holding his sword in the final move of a proper sword salute.

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