Bust of Ulysses S. Grant (San Francisco)
| Bust of Ulysses S. Grant | |
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 The monument in 2015 | |
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| Year | 1896 |
| Subject | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Location | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| 37°46′18″N 122°28′01″W / 37.77167°N 122.46693°WCoordinates: 37°46′18″N 122°28′01″W / 37.77167°N 122.46693°W | |
A bronze bust of Ulysses S. Grant was installed in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, in the U.S. state of California, in 1896 and removed in 2020. The original sculptor of the bust was a renowned German born sculptor by the name of Rupert Schmid who had been noted for his commissioned work including “The Progress of Civilization”, an memorial arch at Stanford University before it was toppled in an earthquake in 1906.[1]
History[]
Grant was stationed in northern California in 1852–1854. After Grant's death in 1885, a committee was formed to create a monument in his honor. Rupert Schmid, a German-born immigrant to the United States who had met Grant and had sculpted the bust for Grant's Tomb, was commissioned in 1894 to create a bust. The bust was completed and installed in 1896.[2][3] Under pressure from the local stonecutters' union, which objected to the use of prison labor in the cutting of the granite base of the statue, the statue was taken down days after its initial installation, and reinstalled with a new base later the same year.[2]
The monument was toppled by protesters on June 19, 2020.[4][5]
References[]
- ^ "Matters Historical: German-born sculptor was revered until the war began". The Mercury News. 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
- ^ a b Pollock, Chris (2001). San Francisco's Golden Gate Park: A Thousand and Seventeen Acres of Stories. Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co. pp. 57–58. ISBN 9781558685451.
- ^ Mackowski, Chris; White, Kristopher D. (2015). Grant's Last Battle: The Story Behind the Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant. Savas Beatie. p. 141. ISBN 9781611211610.
- ^ Hurd, Cheryl; Smith, Christie; Quintana, Sergio (19 June 2020). "Demonstrators Topple Statues in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park". NBC Bay Area. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ Rubenstein, Steve; Swan, Rachel (20 June 2020). "Historical statues toppled as rage spills into San Francisco's Golden Gate Park". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
External links[]
Media related to Ulysses S. Grant by Rupert Schmid at Wikimedia Commons
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- Golden Gate Park
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