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Sculptor Jakob Otto Schweizer (1863 - 1955)
​and his works at Gettysburg

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Jakob Otto Schweizer
J. Otto Schweizer has more bronze portrait statues at Gettysburg than any other sculptor. Totaling seven, these were erected between the years of 1913 thru 1914.
They include:
President Abraham Lincoln, Pennsylvania State Memorial 1913
General David McMurtrie Gregg, Pennsylvania State Memorial 1913
General Alfred Pleasonton, Pennsylvania State Memorial 1913
General William Wells, South Confederate Ave. 1913
General John Geary, Culps Hill 1914
General Alexander Hays, Ziegler's Grove 1914
General Andrew Humphreys, Emmitsburg Road 1914
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Lincoln, Gregg and Pleasonton were Schweizer's first three portrait statues at Gettysburg. All stand on the Pennsylvania State Memorial. The Van Amringe Company located in Boston Massachusetts would cast all eight of the bronze portrait statues on the Pennsylvania Memorial. These images are from an advertising booklet (c. 1914) showing some of the company's works at Gettysburg. 
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Schweizer would also sculpt the General William Wells memorial located on South Confederate Avenue. On the front of this memorial is one of the most detail reliefs at Gettysburg. When Schweizer was preparing the clay model for the relief he would speak with members of the 1st Vermont Cavalry. His intention was to capture the scene as historically accurately as possible. Using these eye witness accounts the relief not only has great detail but each of the men in the scene were identified.
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Bronze relief on the front of the Wells memorial. Each of the men on the relief were identified.
The last three statues modeled by Schweizer were to General's Geary, Hays and Humphreys. 
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Brig. General John W. Geary
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Brig. General Andrew Humpreys
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Brig. General Alexander Hays
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J. Otto Schweizer's works at Gettysburg. A short video.
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  • About Us
    • Contact Us
  • Monument Videos
  • "Then and Now" of Gettysburg
    • Then & Now the Wheatfield
    • Then & Now West Confederate Avenue
    • Then & Now Oak Ridge Tower & Penrose Myers Stand
    • Then and Now Original Gettysburg Sculptures
  • Specific Monument Info
    • Gettysburg Brigade Tablets
    • Eagle of the 115th Pa. Inf. Monument
    • Michigan Cavalry Monument East Cavalry Field
    • Tennessee State Monument
    • 20th Massachusetts Monument 1885 Location
  • Stories of Fatal Encounters
    • Col. William DeSaussure 15th South Carolina
    • Col. George Ward, 15th Mass. Inf.
    • Captain William Murray, 1st Maryland Infantry
    • Lt. Col. Martin Tschudy, 69th. PA. Infantry
    • Lt. William H. Pohlman, 59th New York Infantry
  • Sculptor Info
    • Donald DeLue
    • Caspar Buberl & Gettysburg Bronzes
    • J. Otto Schweizer
  • Gettysburg Tidbits
    • Brogans! Civil War Shoes and Gettysburg Monuments
    • Pennsylvania Memorial Tribute Coin
    • Canteens Civil War Canteens and the Gettysburg Monuments
    • Virginia Memorial Avenue
    • Legend "Saint Barbara" & Louisiana Memorial
    • Pennsylvania State Memorial's Living General
  • From their "Eyes"
    • From Their "EYE'S" 13th New Jersey If.
    • From Their "EYE'S" 78th & 102nd N.Y. Inf.
    • From His "EYES" Father William Corby
    • From His "EYES" Gen. Crawford
  • Little Round Top Renovation 2022
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