James Bowie - New Boston, TX
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N 33° 28.390 W 094° 24.350
15S E 369373 N 3704628
Sculpture stands in front of the Bowie County Courthouse.
Waymark Code: WM16WJA
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/18/2022
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Smithsonian Art Inventory"
Full-length portrait of James Bowie. He wears frontiersman's clothing including a homespun shirt and knee-high boots. A powder horn is tied to a strap over his proper left shoulder. He holds the barrel of a rifle with his proper left hand; the butt of the gun rests on the ground in front of him. His proper left leg is forward and his proper left foot rests on a rock. He carries a Bowie knife in his proper right hand. The bronze sculpture stands on a polished granite base."
TITLE: James Bowie
ARTIST(S): Lorenzo E. Ghiglieri
DATE: 1986
MEDIUM: Bronze Sculpture on Granite Base
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS TX001017
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
710 James Bowie Drive
New Boston, Texas
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