George Edwin Bissell
Born	( 1839-02-16 ) February 16, 1839 New Preston, Connecticut
Died	August 30, 1920 (1920-08-30) (aged 81)
Nationality	American
Known for	Sculpture

George Edwin Bissell (February 16, 1839 ? August 30, 1920) was an American sculptor .

Biography [ edit ]

Bissell was born New Preston, Connecticut , the son of a quarryman and marble-cutter. During the American Civil War he served as a private in the 23rd Connecticut Volunteers in the Department of the Gulf (1862?1863), and on being mustered out became acting assistant paymaster in the South Atlantic Squadron . At the close of the war he joined his father's marble business in Poughkeepsie, New York . ^[1]

He studied the art of sculpture abroad in 1875?1876, and lived much in Paris during the years 1883?1896, with occasional visits to America. ^[1] Bissell also created smaller works, such as a bust of President Abraham Lincoln as well as a larger statue of the president. ^[2]

Selected works [ edit ]

• Frederic de Peyster , New York Historical Society , New York City , ca. 1875.
• Chatfield Monument, Riverside Cemetery, Waterbury, Connecticut , ca. 1880.
• General Horatio Gates , Saratoga Battle Monument , Saratoga, New York , 1885?86. ^[3]
• Sam Sloan , Lackawanna Ferry Terminal , Hoboken, New Jersey , 1889.
• Statue of John Watts , depicting the New York politician of the same name , Trinity Church Cemetery , 1890.
• Bas-relief panel of Robert Burns and Highland Mary , on pedestal of George Anderson Lawson 's Statue of Robert Burns , Ayr, Scotland , 1891.
• Colonel Abraham de Peyster , New York Historical Society , 1896. This statue stood in Bowling Green Park from 1896 to 1972, and in Hanover Square from 1976 to 2004.
• Statue of Chester A. Arthur , Madison Square, New York City , 1898?99.
• Abraham Lincoln , Lightner Museum , St. Augustine, Florida , 1899.
• Chancellor James Kent , Library of Congress , Washington, D.C. , ca. 1899.

Civil War monuments [ edit ]

• Union Soldier , Civil War Monument, Town Green, Colchester, Connecticut , 1875.
• Soldiers' Monument, The Green, Waterbury, Connecticut , 1882?85. ^[4]
• Soldiers' Monument, Soldiers' Monument Park, Winsted, Connecticut , 1887?90. ^[5]
• Columbia , atop Soldiers' Monument, Civil War Memorial Park, Salisbury, Connecticut , 1891. ^[6]
• Lincoln Memorial (In Memory of Scottish-American Soldiers), Old Calton Burying Ground , Edinburgh, Scotland , 1893.
• Bust of Admiral John A. B. Dahlgren , Smith Memorial Arch , Fairmount Park , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1901?04.
• Abraham Lincoln , Lincoln Park , Clermont, Iowa, 1902. ^[7] A replica of Bissell's statue in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Gallery [ edit ]

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  Civil War Monument (1875), Colchester, Connecticut.
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  John Lyman Chatfield (unveiled 1887), Riverside Cemetery , Waterbury, Connecticut .
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  Sam Sloan (1889), Lackawanna Ferry Terminal , Hoboken, New Jersey.
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  John Watts (1890), Trinity Church (New York City) .
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  Abraham de Peyster (1896), New York Historical Society , New York City.
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  Chester A. Arthur (1898?99), Madison Square , New York City.
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  Chancellor James Kent (c. 1899), Library of Congress , Washington, D.C.
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  Bust of Admiral John A. B. Dahlgren (1901?04), Smith Memorial Arch , Fairmount Park , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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  Booth monument, Riverside Cemetery, Waterbury, Connecticut (1878).
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  N.J. Welton monument, Riverside Cemetery, Waterbury, Connecticut (1880).

References [ edit ]

Attribution:

•   This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Chisholm, Hugh , ed. (1911). " Bissell, George Edwin ". Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 12.
• Opitz, Glenn, B.,editor, Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers , Apollo Books, Poughkeepsie, NY 1986

External links [ edit ]

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