Alexander Doyle

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Doyle's "Confederate Soldier" (1885); in background Doyle's equestrian statue of General Albert Sidney Johnston (1877), Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans.

Alexander Doyle (1857–1922) was an American sculptor.

Doyle was born in Steubenville, Ohio, and spent his youth in Louisville, Kentucky and St. Louis, Missouri before going to Italy to study sculpture in Carrera, Rome, and Florence.

After returning to the United States he settled in New York City, and became one of the nation's prominent sculptors of the era. There are three statues by Doyle in National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C.: Thomas Hart Benton, Francis Preston Blair, Jr. and John E. Kenna

Alexander Doyle became a sculptor of marble and bronze monuments of historical figures including Civil War heroes and other prominent persons. He studied in Italy at the National Academies at Carrara, Rome, and Florence and was a member of the Royal Raphael Academy.

His work can be found throughout the United States including Washington DC, Missouri, Alabama, New York, Ohio, Indiana, and Georgia and Mississippi.

In New Orleans where he was active from 1882 to 1883, he did a trio of important sculptures of Confederate Army generals around New Orleans. These are the city’s iconic figure of General Robert E. Lee at Lee Circle, dedicated in February 1884; the massive bronze equestrian of General P. G. T. Beauregard at the entrance to City Park (1915); and the bronze statue of General Albert Sydney Johnston atop the Army of the Tennessee cenotaph in Metairie Cemetery (1887). Some say Doyle's finest work is “Calling the Roll” (1885), a marble of an unknown Confederate soldier also in Metairie Cemetery.

A Doyle marble-depiction statue of Margaret Haughery (a New Orleans woman who devoted her life to the poor) was erected in 1889, the first monument to honor a female philanthropist in the United States.

[edit] Partial list of works

Title	Year	Location/GPS Coordinates	Material	Dimensions	Notes	Image
William Pinkney Funerary Monument^[1]	c. 1883	Oak Hill Cemetery, (Washington, D.C.)	Marble		Commissioned by William Wilson Corcoran.
John Howard Payne Funerary Monument^[2]		Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)	Marble		Commissioned by William Wilson Corcoran.
General Albert Sidney Johnston Equestrian Statue^[3]^[4]	1887	Metairie Cemetery (New Orleans, Louisiana)	Bronze on granite base	Sculpture: approx. 10 x 3 x 8 ft.; Base: approx. 30 in. x 3 ft. x 8 ft.	Erected by the Association Army of Tennessee, Louisiana Division, C.S.A. Louisiana's General P.G.T. Beauregard is entombed there.
Calling the Role^[5]^[6]	1886	Metairie Cemetery (New Orleans, Louisiana)	Marble	Sculpture: approx. 6 x 3 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 3 x 3 x 3 ft.	Adjacent to the mausoleum set up by Association Army of Tennessee, Louisiana Division, C.S.A with Doyle's Equestrian Statue of General Albert Sidney Johnston. The sculpture was a gift of Charles T. Howard. The sculpture depicts a Confederate soldier calling role; the soldier's face was carved based on the photography of New Orleans Confederate Soldier William Brunet.
Washington Artillery Memorial Cenotaph^[7]	1880	Metairie Cemetery (New Orleans, Louisiana)	Granite	Sculpture: approx. H. 8 ft.; Base: approx. 20 x 20 x 20 ft
Margaret Haughery Memorial, "The Bread Giver"^[8]^[9]	1884	New Orleans, Louisiana	Marble on granite base	Sculpture: approx. H. 5 ft.; Base: approx. H. 7 ft	Made for the Citizens' Committee of New Orleans.
National Monument to the Forefathers^[10]	1889	Plymouth, Massachusetts	Marble on granite base with marble reliefs	Sculpture: approx. H. 36 ft. (180 tons); Base: approx. H. 45 ft	Commissioned by the Pilgrim Society.
Thomas H. Benton^[11]	1895–1897	National Statuary Hall, United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)	Marble	H. 7 ft. 7 in.	Gift of the State of Missouri.
Francis P. Blair, Jr.^[12]	1895–1897	National Statuary Hall, United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)	Marble	H. 7 ft. 6 in.
John E. Kenna^[13]	1897–1901	National Statuary Hall, United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)	Marble	H. 7 ft. 9 in.
Benjamin Harvey Hill^[14]	1885	Georgia Capitol Museum (Atlanta, Georgia)	Marble	161 x 53 x 53 in	"Portrait of Benjamin Harvey Hill standing with his right hand resting on a podium and his left hand pulling back the side of his overcoat, and resting on his left hip."^[15]
James A. Garfield Memorial^[16]	1890	Lakeview Cemetery (Cleveland, Ohio)	Sculpture: Carrara marble on granite base	12 feet
William Jasper Monument^[17]	1890	Savannah, Georgia	Bronze sculpture and plaques on granite base	15 feet 6 inches
Francis Scott Key Grave and Monument^[18]	1881	Mount Olivet Cemetery (Frederick City, Maryland)	Bronze sculpture on stone base	Sculpture: approx. 15 ft. x 80 in. x 80 in.; Base: approx. 10 ft. x 80 in. x 80 in.
Alabama Confederate Monument^[19]	1898	Alabama State Capitol (Montgomery, Alabama)	Russellville limestone, granite, and bronze sculpture on Russellville limestone base	Sculpture: approx. 80 x 35 x 35 ft.; Base: approx. 5 1/2 x 40 x 40 ft.
Henry W. Grady Memorial^[20]	1892	Henry Grady Square (Atlanta, Georgia)	Bronze sculpture on Georgia granite or Georgia marble base
Bison Fountain^[21]	1891	Iowa State Capitol (Des Moines, Iowa)	Bronze and granite sculpture on granite tile base			Image of sculpture
Iowa State Capitol Relief^[22]	1898	Iowa State Capitol (Des Moines, Iowa)	Bronze sculpture on granite base	Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. 4 in. x 6 ft. 5 in. x 6 in.; Base: approx. 9 ft. x 26 ft. x 30 ft. 2 in.	"A uniformed nineteenth century-era soldier stands at the center of the relief, holding a flagpole in his bent proper right arm and a rifle in his proper right hand. An eagle overhead bears a banner in its mouth on which is written the State motto. The decorative scrolling includes corn and wheat stalks."^[23]
Horace Greeley Monument^[24]	1890	Greeley Square (New York, New York)	Bronze sculpture on Quincy granite base	Sculpture: H. 7 ft.; Pedestal: H. 8 ft.
General P. G. T. Beauregard Equestrian statue^[25]	1915	City Park (New Orleans, Louisiana)	Bronze sculpture on Stone Mountain granite base	20 feet
General Philip Schuyler, Saratoga Battle Monument^[26]	1886	Saratoga National Historical Park (Victory, New York)	Bronze	approximately 7 feet		Image of sculpture
Volunteer Firemen's Monument^[27]	1887	Greenwood Cemetery (New Orleans, Louisiana)	White Carrara marble sculpture on Hallowell Maine granite base	Sculpture: approx. 6 x 2 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 46 x 18 x 18 ft.
Robert E. Lee Monument^[28]	1884	Lee Circle (New Orleans, Louisiana)	Bronze sculpture on granite column	Sculpture: approx. H. 16 ft.; Column: approx. 90 ft.
General James B. Steedman Monument^[29]	1887	Riverside Park (Toledo, Ohio)	Bronze sculpture on a Vermont marble base on a second concrete base.	Figure: approx. H. 10 ft. x W. 3 ft.; Base: approx. 20 x 9 x 9 ft.; Concrete base: approx. H. 4 ft. x Diam. 35 ft. (2,200 lbs.).		Image of sculpture^[30]
Richard W. Thompson Bust^[31]	1902	Vigo County Courthouse (Terre Haute, Indiana)	Bronze sculpture on Indiana limestone base	Sculpture: approx. 2 1/2 ft. x 36 in. x 20 in.; Base: approx. 7 ft. x 55 1/4 in x 44 1/4 in.		Image of sculpture
Soldiers and Sailors Monument^[32]	1886–1897	East Rock Park (New Haven, Connecticut)	Bronze sculpture on red Maine granite shaft	Overall: approx. H. 110 ft.; Angel of Peace: approx. 11 x 2 x 2 ft.; Allegorical figures at base: approx. H. 9 ft.; Shaft: approx. 99 x 40 x 40 ft.
General Charles G. Halpine portrait^[33]			Bronze sculpture on granite pedestal		Commissioned by the Grand Army of the Republic, Dahlgren Post, New York.
James L. Ridgely sculpture^[34]			Bronze		Commissioned by the Sovereign Grand Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Baltimore, Maryland.
Aretas Blood mausoleum^[35]		Valley Cemetery, Manchester, New Hampshire	Granite			Image of mausoleum
Cross for Charles W. Gould tomb^[36]		Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York	Marble
Austin Flint bas-relief portrait^[37]		Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, New York	Bronze