Object Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.1.13 |
Collection |
American Art |
Object Name |
Sculpture |
Title |
Sherman Raider |
Artist |
Agnes Yarnall |
Date |
1961 |
Year Range from |
1961 |
Signed Name |
Yarnall |
Signature Location |
on plinth |
Description |
Figure of a man wearing a hat, standing with a long rifle, leaning against his chest. |
Medium |
bronze |
Dimensions |
H-17.25 W-8 L-7 inches |
Notes |
Agnes Yarnall (b. 1904) sculpted a group of 42, Civil War related sculptures, including a bronze head of Abraham Lincoln (2004.60.1). The book, "An Attempted Evocation of the Civil War," was written by Agnes Yarnall in 1980 with photographs of her sculptures and accompanying poems. In the curatorial file is a transcribed oral history of the artist from 1988. Poem accompanying photograph of sculpture in Agnes Yarnall's "An Attempted Evocation of the Civil War," (1980), p. 31: "Thy General is dark of eye, And fierce to look upon! He plunges spurs into thy heart, And leads thee on and on! He leaves a trail of ruin That nothing can withstand— A pitiless commander, He hath an iron hand— He marches without mercy, And he will reach the sea— Think thou, O conquering General, That God forgiveth thee?" |
Related Publications |
"An Attempted Evocation of the Civil War" by Agnes Yarnall, 1980, p. 30 |
Legal Status |
Owned by the Union League of Philadelphia |
Search Terms |
"An Attempted Evocation of the Civil War" by Agnes Yarnall |