- CountryUS
- Town:IA Keokuk
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Year of creation:1905
- Rider(s):Curtis, Samuel Ryan
(1805 –1866) was an American military officer, and one of the first Republicans elected to Congress. He was most famous for his role as a Union Army general the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War.
- Sculptor(s):Rohl-Smith, Carl
(1848 – 1900) was a Danish American sculptor who was active in Europe and, as from 1886, in the United States. Among his most noted American works is the General William Tecumseh Sherman Monument in Washington, D.C.
In 1890, Rohl-Smith was asked to implement Harriet A. Ketcham’s design for the Iowa Soldiers and Sailors Monument. Ketcham’s design was chosen by the state legislature in 1888, but she died of a stroke in 1890. Rohl-Smith was commissioned to finish the work, which was completed in 1896. - Original in:Des Moines, US
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