Kearny memorial: bronze and granite

Public memorials can combine sculpture and stonework as distinct but coordinated parts. A 1915 report on the General Kearny memorial at Arlington National Cemetery describes a bronze equestrian group above a simple rectangular granite pedestal. The granite work was contracted separately from the bronze casting. (MN15 PDF p.27; printed p.20)

A divided commission

The report identifies Edward C. Potter as the sculptor of the equestrian group, John Edwards, Jr. as the contractor for the granite work, and the Gorham Company as the bronze caster. It presents the memorial as a collaboration among sculptor, stone contractor, and foundry rather than a single material or process. (MN15 PDF p.27; printed p.20)

Stone as a visual base

The article calls the pedestal a simple rectangular type and describes it as granite. The source describes one historical work; it does not establish a formula for current public memorials. (MN15 PDF p.27; printed p.20)

See also

• Parts of a monument
• Mausoleum styles
• A monument in its setting

Sources

• MN15 PDF p.27; printed p.20.

Source and editorial credit

MN15 publication record.

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