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Frederick Volck General Robert E. Lee Bronze

Currency:USD Category:Antiques Start Price:1,500.00 USD Estimated At:3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD
Frederick Volck General Robert E. Lee Bronze
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Massive sculpture bust. Frederick Volck was a German-Confederate American 1833-1891. Volck sculpted this original bronze of General Lee in 1863 when the Confederate War Department in Richmond, VA asked him to commemorate the glorious battles that General Lee has won for the south. This sculpture was to rally the southern troops as well as the southern people as the war was still raging with no end in site for either side. Volck was employed in the Confederate Naval Ordinance Department and took exact measurements of General Lee as well as General Lee's Horse Traveler. In 1863, Volck cast a limited amount of this bronze bust statues of General Lee as there was a limited amount of bronze available to the confederacy as bronze was used for cannons and other armamants for the War. This bronze is the original terra cotta mold done by Volck. 19" x 12" x 8". Total Weight: 5 lbs. Very good condition. The bronze rests on a 2 inch circular black marble plinth. On the front of the busts underneath it is inscribed "Robert E. Lee" and on the back also inscribed in block letters "FREDERICK VOLCK, 1863, RICHMOND, VA".