GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE CONFEDERATE SCULPTURE 1863

GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE CONFEDERATE SCULPTURE 1863FREDERICK VOLCK(GERMAN, AMERICAN, CONFEDERATEAMERICAN (1833-1891) SCULPTURED THIS ORIGINAL BRONZE OF GEN. LEE IN 1863 WHILE THE CIVIL WAR WAS STILL RAGING ON WITH NO END IN SITE. SCULPOT FREDERICK VOLCK TOOK ACTUAL MEASUREMENTS OF LEE & LEE'S HORSE TRAVELER FOR A TATUE TO BE ERECTED IN RICHMOND, VA. THIS STATUE WAS A ABREVIATED STATUE OF ONLY LEE. VOLCK, A NATIVE OF NURENBERG, GERMANY WAS EMPLOYED IN THE CONFEDERATE NAVAL ORDINANCE & HYDROGRAPHY DEPT IN 1863. THIS SCULPTOR WAS TO COMMERATE THE VICTORIES THAT LEE BROUGHT TO THE SOUTH AS WELL AS A RALLYING SYMBOL FOR THE CONFEDERACY. THIS SCULPTOR OF LEE IS FROM THE ORIGINAL TERRA COTTA DONE BY VOLCK & IS GUARANTEED TO BE ORIGINAL. THE DIMENSIONS OF THE BRONZE OF LEE  HT;19",W: 8". L:12", & RESTS ON A OCTAGON 2" BLACK MARBLE PLINTH. THIS HEROIC BRONZE WEIGHS IN AT @ 50 LBS.. THE BRONZE HAS IN THE FRONT IN BLOCK LETTERS ROBERT E LEE & THE OBVERSE FREDERICK VOLCK 1863 RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. YOU MAY OWN A HISTORIC PIECE OF CIVIL WAR ART THAT CAME FROM A CIVIL WAR MUSEUM IN FL. VERY GOOD CONDITION. ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO WRITE OR CALL. THANK YOU.
 
RICHARD WASKOW
 
Product Number: 2586