WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

William Tecumseh Sherman

Artist: Proctor, Alexander Philmister and Saint-Gaudens, Augustus

With: Charles Follen McKim, Architect

Status: In Situ and Within Central Park

Title: William Tecumseh Sherman 

Dates: 1902

Medium: Bronze, granite, and bluestone

Dimensions:Horse figure H: 14 ft. 6 in. ; equestrian figure total H: 15 ft. 6 in. ; Genius of Victory figure H: 10 ft. 6 in. ; pedestal L: 42 ft. 6 in.  W: 30 ft. 8 in. ; total H: 24 ft. 4 in. ; plaque L: 2 ft. 1 in. W: 10 in.

Inscription:TO GENERAL / WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN / BORN FEB. 8, 1820 / DIED FEB. 14, 1891 / ERECTED BY CITIZENS OF NEW YORK / UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE / CHAMBER OF COMMERCE / OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK /

GENERAL WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN / AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS, SCULPTOR / CHARLES FOLLEN MCKIM, ARCHITECT / 1903 /

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