The Bower a Bronze Civil War Sculpture Allegory by James Muir Bronze Allegorical Sculptor-Artist


The Bower a Bronze Civil War Sculpture Allegory by James Muir

"The Bower"

16"H

edition 45

James Muir Sculpture A Sold Out Edition

Dedicated to the Women of the South
"In the Days of Peace
The Creators of Chivalry and gallantry
In the Days of Battle
The Inspiration of Faith and Courage
In the Days of Blood
The Angels of Comfort and Mercy
In the Days of Defeat
The Spirits of Hope and Help"
(c) 1914 Bennett H. Young
Commander in Chief
United Confederate Veterans

The Bower is a tribute to Southern gentility in the face of cruel war's oppression. She is the Mother, Sister, Wife, and Sweetheart of the noble soldiers whose blood christened the battlefields in defense of hearth and home. She is every woman whose only means of fighting was in the never-failing emotional support of their loved ones at the front--writing letters of cheer amid tears of anguish, words of hope when, even at home, there was precious little else, and perhaps, pausing in mid-sentence to remember