Dublin Core
Title
George Davis Statue (Wilmington, North Carolina)
Creator
Gorham Manufacturing Company
Source
american,confederatemonument,peoplesculptures,daughters
Language
English
Type
Site
Identifier
1405
Date Created
1901-01-01
Date Issued
1911-01-01
Extent
0m x 0m x 2.4384m
Spatial Coverage
current,34.235576,-77.945759;
Rights Holder
Francis Herman Packer
Europeana
Country
USA
Europeana Data Provider
George Davis Statue
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/George_Davis_Statue
Monument Type
Statue - high ranking official
Funded by
United Daughters of the Confederacy and James Sprunt
Material
Bronze and granite
Inscription
West face: GEORGE DAVIS / SENATOR AND ATTORNEY GENERAL / OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA / 1820 - 1896
South face: SCHOLAR / PATRIOT / STATESMAN / CHRISTIAN
East face: HIS WISDOM ILLUSTRATED THE / PRINCIPLES OF LAW AND EQUITY. / HIS ELOQUENCE COMMANDED / THE ADMIRATION OF HIS PEERS. / BELOVED FOR HIS STAINLESS / INTEGRITY, HIS MEMORY DWELLS / IN THE HEARTS OF HIS PEOPLE. / SHINING IN THE PURE EXCELLENCE / OF VIRTUE AND REFINEMENT, / HE EXEMPLIFIED, WITH DIGNITY / AND SIMPLICITY, WITH GENTLE / COURTESY AND CHRISTIAN FAITH, / THE TRUE HEART OF CHIVALRY / IN SOUTHERN MANHOOD.
North face: ERECTED / IN LOVING MEMORY / BY / THE UNITED DAUGHTERS / OF THE CONFEDERACY
Cost
$5,010
State
North Carolina
County
New Hanover
Affiliation
Confederate
City
Wilmington