Gould shaw, one of the civil wars first africanamerican units. The work specifically commemorates the july 18th, 1863 storming of Fort Wagner in which onethird of the 51sts men or officers were killed or wounded. Tell it with pride seeks to shine a spotlight on the group. Good morning. Im sarah greenough, the senior curator of photographs here at the national gallery of art, and i am the cocurator of this exhibition. Augusta Saint God dins began to work on this memorial in 1883. Initially he was going to take it a monument just dedicated to shaw himself. If you look at some of the examples in the case behind you, youll see one of his first ideas for the monument was to depict Colonel Robert Gould Shaw on a horse. That kind of depiction is often referred to as the man on the mount. However, colonel Shaws Family objected to that. They shout such a depiction was too grand a way to show their son. He was, after all, only 25 years old when he was killed at the battle of Fort Wagner. They th
Photographs here at the national gallery of art and i am the cocurator of this exhibition. Augusta saint gardens began to work on this memorial in 1883 and initially he was going to make it a monument just dedicated to shaw himself and if you look at some of the examples we have in the case behind you youll see that one of his first ideas for the monument was to depict Colonel Robert Gould Shaw on a horse that kind of depiction is often sort of referred to as the man on the mount. However, colonel Shaws Family objected to that. They thought such was too grand away. To show their young son. He was after all only 25 years old when he was killed at the battle of Fort Wagner and they thought that that kind of depiction was better reserved for generals and not a colonel like shaw moreover. Shaws family felt that it would be more appropriate to show him with his troops. So saying gods went back to the Drawing Board quite literally and came up with this conception with the idea of putting sha
The work specifically commemorates the July 18th 1863 storming of Fort Wagner in which one third of the 54th men and officers were killed or wounded. The exhibit tell it with pride seeks to shine a spotlight on the members of the 54th and a group of abolitionists who recruited the regimen. Good morning. Im sarah greeno. Im the senior curator of photographs here at the national gallery of art and i am the cocurator of this exhibition. Augusta saint gardens began to work on this memorial in 1883 and initially he was going to make it a monument just dedicated to shaw himself and if you look at some of the examples we have in the case behind you youll see that one of his first ideas for the monument was to depict Colonel Robert Gould Shaw on a horse that kind of depiction is often sort of referred to as the man on the mount. However, colonel Shaws Family objected to that. They thought such was too grand away. To show their young son. He was after all only 25 years old when he was killed at
3 as a public service. Next on our weekly series american artifacts. We visit the national gallery of art to learn about the Shaw Memorial the sculpture honors Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th, massachusetts volunteer infantry one of the civil wars first africanamerican units. The work specifically commemorates the July 18th 1863 storming of Fort Wagner in which one third of the 54th men and officers were killed or wounded. The exhibit tell it with pride seeks to shine a spotlight on the members of the 54th and a group of abolitionists who recruited the regimen. Good morning. Im sarah greeno. Im the senior curator of photographs here at the national gallery of art and i am the cocurator of this exhibition. Augusta saint gardens began to work on this memorial in 1883 and initially he was going to make it a monument just dedicated to shaw himself and if you look at some of the examples we have in the case behind you youll see that one of his first ideas for the monument was to depi
Good morning. Im sarah greeno. Im the senior curator of photographs here at the national gallery of art and i am the cocurator of this exhibition. Augusta saint gardens began to work on this memorial in 1883 and initially he was going to make it a monument just dedicated to shaw himself and if you look at some of the examples we have in the case behind you youll see that one of his first ideas for the monument was to depict Colonel Robert Gould Shaw on a horse that kind of depiction is often sort of referred to as the man on the mount. However, colonel Shaws Family objected to that. They thought such was too grand away. To show their young son. He was after all only 25 years old when he was killed at the battle of Fort Wagner and they thought that that kind of depiction was better reserved for generals and not a colonel like shaw moreover. Shaws family felt that it would be more appropriate to show him with his troops. So saying gods went back to the Drawing Board quite literally and c