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1. MEADE_070420_23.JPG: Note that the wings around Meade's head from the front of the statue don't imply he's an angel -- there's another angel behind the work which provides the wings. Notice the phallic stuff here.
2. MEADE_070420_26.JPG: For some reason, this statue has lots of physical damage. The fixing up of these statues was done oddly, with replacement pieces being much darker than the originals.
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Wikipedia Description: George Gordon Meade Memorial
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Meade Memorial, is a public artwork by American artist Charles Grafly, located at 3rd & Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. in Washington, D.C., United States. Meade Memorial was originally surveyed as part of the Smithsonian's Save Outdoor Sculpture! survey in 1993. The monument is a tribute to United States Army officer George Meade.

The statue is a contributing monument to the Civil War Monuments in Washington, DC, of the National Register of Historic Places.

Description:

This cylinder shaped statue features a figure of General George Meade on the proper front and a figure of War on the proper back, surrounded by six figures standing side by side. The six figures, all allegorical representations of Loyalty, Chivalry, Fame, Progress, Military Courage and Energy, were used by Grafly to show what he believed are traits needed to make a "great general.

To Meade's proper right is a male figure of Loyalty, and to his proper left is a female figure of Chivalry, who are shown removing Meade's cloak, which symbolizes the "cloak of battle." Above Meade's head Loyalty holds a wreath and garlands representing the generals deeds. Behind Loyalty stands a female figure of Fame who is supported by a male figure of Energy. Behind the figure of Chivalry is a male figure of Progress and behind him a male figure of Military Courage, who locks arms with War. Winged War is flanked by two memorial tablets. At the top of the monument is a gold finial with the state seal of Pennsylvania.

SOS! describes the statue as showing Meade "represented as the embodiment of all six allegorical qualities as he emerges from his cloak of battle and progresses into his future."

The sculpture is signed:

CHARLES GRAFLY.SC.
.MCMXX-MCMXXV
EXECUTED BY PICCIRILLI BROS

The back of the base features the inscription:

EDWARD P. SIMON
GRANT M. SIMON
ARCHITECTS

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