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Colonel W. F. Godson, Fort Des Moines
Colonel W. F. Godson, Fort Des Moines
Colonel W. F. Godson, Fort Des Moines

Colonel W. F. Godson, Fort Des Moines

Object NamePortrait Plaque
Artist / Maker (Danish - American, 1885 - 1961)
Datec. 1933
OriginUSA
MediumPainted Plaster
Dimensions12 5/8 x 10 5/8 x 5/8 in. (32.1 x 27 x 1.6 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Helen J. Sebek. In the Christian Petersen Art Collection, Christian Petersen Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object numberUM2000.3
Status
Not on view
Label TextChristian Petersen moved to Iowa in 1934, but for nearly a decade before that, he had occasionally visited Des Moines and carried out works for patrons in the state. The subject of this relief portrait is probably William Frederich Holford Godson (1868-1958), a career Army officer who had fought in both the Spanish-American War and World War I and who was probably stationed at Fort Des Moines at the time of Petersen’s plaque. Goodson was one of the engineers engaged in the raising of the battleship Maine.
SignedSignature below inscription: Christian Petersen
Locations
  • (not entered)  Iowa State University, Christian Petersen Art Museum
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