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 Come and Take It - Gonzales, Texas Posted by:  iconions
N 29° 30.040 W 097° 27.187
14R E 649943 N 3264454
This bronze sculpture atop a granite plinth is located in the center of Texas Heroes Square - St. Joseph, St. James, St.Lawrence, St. Louis Streets in Gonzales, Texas.
Waymark Code: WMZ9ZT
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/06/2018
Views: 3
This monument is in the center of Texas Heroes Square:
Located at the intersection of N. St Joseph Street and St. Lawrence Street. The square honors the men of Gonzales that fought in the Texas Revolution. The monument (by sculptor Pompeo Coppini) was built in 1910 through the efforts of the Gonzales Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. Marker text: Gonzales Town tract of 4 square leagues had 49 squares in Inner City. 7 of these squares for public use. This one was for municipal building, but became Plaza. Now called Texas Heroes Square, in honor of all Gonzales men who fought in the Texas Revolution.
- Gonzales Texas Iravel Website
Artist: Coppini, Pompeo, 1870-1957, sculptor.
Roman Bronze Works, founder.
Title: Come and Take it Monument, (sculpture).
Medium: Figure: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions: Figure: approx. H. 9 ft. x W. 4 ft.; Base: approx. H. 11 ft. x W. 6 ft.
Inscription: (On proper left side of figure:) Pompeo Coppini Fecit/San Antonio, Tex.
(On left side of plinth:) Roman Bronze Works N. Y.
(On proper left side of bronze plaque on base, incised:) Pompeo Coppini Sc.
(On the lower proper right side of plaque:) Roman Bronze Works N-Y-
(On proper left side of plaque, incised:) Come and Take it!! signed Founder's mark appears.
Description: Full-length standing male soldier in the war for Texas independence. He holds a rifle with his proper right hand, against his chest. A bas-relief bronze plaque on base depicts several male soldiers and a canon.(sic)
Subject: History -- United States -- Military history
History -- United States -- Texas
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Object -- Weapon -- Gun
Object -- Weapon -- Cannon
Object Type: Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Gonzales
Sculpture
Owner: Administered by Gonzales County Commissioner's Court, P. O. Box 77, Gonzales, Texas 78629
Located Gonzales County Courthouse, 414 St. Joseph, Gonzales, Texas
Control Number: IAS TX000510
- Smithsonian Outdoor Sculpture Inventory
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Come and Take It
Figure Type: Human
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Pompeo Coppini
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: unknown
Materials used: Figure: bronze; Base: granite
Location: Texas Heroes Square
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