Lawrence Sullivan Ross - College Station, TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member WalksfarTX
N 30° 36.930 W 096° 20.472
14R E 754882 N 3390003
Bronze statue on a granite base in front of the Administration Building in Academic Plaza.
Waymark Code: WMYFHM
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/10/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Math Teacher
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Smithsonian Art Inventories

A full-length portrait of Lawrence Sullivan Ross, seen standing with sheet of rolled papers in his proper left hand. His proper right hand, rests with fingers bent, atop base which rises behind him. He wears an open, knee-length 3 button coat, a vest, tie, pants, shirt and boots.

On front of base in raised polished granite letters:

LAWRENCE SULLIVAN
ROSS

Lower side:

LAWRENCE SULLIVAN ROSS
1838-1898
SOLDIER STATESMAN and KNIGHTLY GENTLEMAN
BRIGADIER GENERAL U.S.A.
GOVERNOR OF TEXAS
PRESIDENT OF THE A & M COLLEGE

Below feet:

PEO COPPINI Sc
1918
Florentine Brotherhood Foundry, Chicago
signed Founder's mark appears

TITLE: Lawrence Sullivan Ross

ARTIST(S): Pompeo Coppini

DATE: 1919

MEDIUM: Bronze Sculpture on Granite Base

CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 71500163

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

PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Academic Plaza Texas A&M University Campus College Station, TX

DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
None noted
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