Robert E. Lee, (sculpture) - Austin, TX
N 30° 17.061 W 097° 44.387
14R E 621201 N 3350966
This bronze sculpture of Robert E Lee is along the walkway between the towering Administration Building and the Littlefield Fountain on the campus of UT Austin.
Waymark Code: WMEE47
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/14/2012
Views: 12
Robert E. Lee was the top general of the Confederacy during the Civil War. A graduate of West Point and a former officer in the Union Army, Lee resigned his commission with the Union and accepted his position as head of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. General Lee and General Grant were the two supreme commanders of their respective armys and both met to sign the surrender agreement that ended the conflict between the states. After the Civil War, Lee became president of Washington and Lee University.
This statue of Robert E Lee is part of the cluster of Confederate leaders and other famous American Presidents in the South Mall area of the UT campus. It is located between the Littlefield Fountain and the Administration building, with its famous tower. Lee's statue is closest to the Littlefield Fountain. It is sculpted in bronze and mounted on a red granite base. Inscribed in the base is the text:
Robert E. Lee
1807 1870
Colonel
in the United States Army
Superintendent
of the Military Academy
at West Point
Commander of the Army
of Northern Virginia
General in Chief of the Armies
of the Confederate States
President of Washington College
On the left side of the bronze base of the statue is inscribed:
P. Coppini
SIRIS describes the sculpture as Lee "depicted standing, dressed in military uniform, wearing gauntlet gloves and clasping a hat in his proper right hand. His proper left arm rests on the hilt of his sword. The bronze sculpture stands atop a tiered granite base."
This is one of six statues originally designed as part of the Littlefield Fountain in the University's South Mall. However, changes were made to the initial design and this and other sculptures were incorporated into the landscaping around the campus area of the South Mall.
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