From the Art Inventories Catalog Smithsonian American Art Museum Smithsonian Information Research Information System (SIRIS)
Artists:
Cecere, Gaetano, 1894-1985, sculptor.
Bourdelle, Pierre, 1903-1966, sculptor.
Nelson, Donald, 1907- , architect.
Dates: 1938
Dimensions: Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 27 in. x 30 in.; Base: approx. 34 x 52 x 34 in.
Inscription:
(On north side of sculpture at bottom:) Gaetano Cecere, Sculptor 1938
(On front of base, incised lettering:) General Sidney Sherman
(On rear of wall:)
Born in Massachusetts July 23 - 1805
Came to Texas February 1836 as captain
Of a company of volunteers he had
Recruited in Kentucky and Ohio
Commanded the Second Regiment of
Texas Volunteers at San Jacinto
First to sound the immortal war
cry opening the battle, Remember
the Alamo. Remember Goliad. Member
of the Congress of the Republic 1842
1843. Major General of the Militia
1843. 1846. Commandant. Port of
Galveston. C.S.A. 1861 1862.
Father of railroads in Texas having
built the first one west of the
Sabine River.. Died in Galveston
Texas on the First Day of August 1873
Erected by the State
of Texas 1936 with
funds appropriated by
the Federal Government
to commemorate One
Hundred Years of
Texas Independence.
Signed
Description: Full-length portrait of General Sidney Sherman, standing atop granite platform, with etched granite monolith behind him. Sherman is dressed in a general's uniform without the hat. His proper right foot is slightly forward. His proper left hand rests on the handle of a sword at his proper left side. The sculpture is mounted on a block base. Behind the sculpture is a tall monolith containing a relief intaglio of Sherman atop a rearing horse. Sherman raises a sword in his proper right hand.
Portrait male -- Sherman, Sidney -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- General
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object -- Weapon -- Sword
Equestrian
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Galveston
Relief
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Galveston Historical Foundation, 2016 Strand, Galveston, Texas 77550
Located Broadway Esplanade, Broadway & 7th Street, Galveston, Texas
Remarks:
The sculpture cost $14,000 and was funded through federal funds given to commemorate the Texas Centennial. Cecere created the free-standing sculpture and Bourdelle created the relief intaglio. Donald Nelson was the architect. IAS files contain a related excerpt from Harold Schoen's "Monuments Erected by the State of Texas to Commemorate the Centenary of Texas Independence," Austin, TX: Commission of Control for Texas Centennial Celebrations, 1938. IAS files contain related articles from the Galveston Daily News, May 28, 1979, pg. 1+; and March 3, 1985.
A nearby plaque reads:
General Sidney Sherman
born in Mass. July 29, 1804
Died in Texas Aug. 1, 1873
Erected by the State
of Texas 1936 with
funds appropriated by
the federal Government
to commemorate one
hundred years of
Texas independence.
Remember the Alamo; Remember Goliad.
Control Number: IAS TX001082