Sun King

furniture detail
The Sun King had many ailments during his lifetime consistent with diabetes: suppurating periostitis (1678), dental abscesses (1696), recurring boils, fainting spells, gout, dizziness, hot flushes, and headaches (cephalalgias).–Wikipedia

1909


Erected by The Daughters of the Confederacy, Albemarle County and the City of Charlottesville to Commemorate the Heroism of the Volunteers of Charlottesville and Albemarle County. (engraving on base of statue)

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albco statue
Who is this guy? Was there an outlet, a manufacturer of glorious cause statues in the US at the turn of the century? What kind of rifle? Is he in uniform? Who paid for the statue? How much?