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    		• Partridge, William Ordway,
     
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    		• Homage -- Kauffmann, Samuel H.
     
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    		• Figure female -- Full length
     
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    		• Allegory -- Other
     
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    		• Figure group
     
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    		• Literature -- Shakespeare
     
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    		• Allegory -- Life
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington
     
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    		• Exedra
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Kauffmann Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Partridge, William Ordway, 1861-1930, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Kauffmann Memorial, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Seven Ages, (sculpture).
    Memory, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Installed 1897.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Figure, urn and relief panel: bronze; Exedra: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Overall: approx. 70 x 163 x 144 in.; Figure: approx. H. 4 ft.; Relief panels: approx. H. 15 in. W. 26 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Base of urn:) KAUFFMANN unsigned
    Description: 
    The memorial consists of a curved granite wall of an exedra adorned with seven bronze relief panels and a curved bench on which a classically-draped female figure is seated. The female figure leans forward slightly with her head bowed, looking down at a wreath of asphodel which she is making. Her hair is pulled back and rolled around her face. Her robe is tied at the waist and she wears sandals. She symbolizes Memory. Behind her on the wall of the exedra are seven relief panels which depict scenes illustrating Shakespeare's "Seven Ages of Man" from "As You Like It." Three steps lead up to the front of the exedra and in the middle of the steps is a large urn resting on a low granite block.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Kauffmann, Samuel H.
    Figure female -- Full length
    Allegory -- Other -- Memory
    Figure group
    Literature -- Shakespeare -- As You Like It
    Allegory -- Life -- Manhood
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington
    Exedra
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Rock Creek Cemetery, Rock Creek Church Road, N.W., Section B, Washington, District of Columbia 20011
    Remarks: 
    Samuel H. Kauffmann (1829-1906) owned the Washington Evening Star from 1867 until his death. Kauffmann wrote not only the editorials, but also an art column. He owned a significant collection of American and European paintings, and was especially interested in the history of sculpture. IAS files contain an excerpt on William Ordway Partridge by Robert Burns Wilson from the American Section, John Lane Company, 1907, and an unidentified article dated 1928 or 1929 which describe the Kauffmann Memorial and its placement in the history of American sculpture. The Goode publication contains the only detail view of any of the relief panels, the fifth panel, the relief depicting Parenthood.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, pg. 344.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, DC5029, 1989.
    Monumental News, Nov. 1905, pg. 754.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, District of Columbia survey, 1993.
    Michael Richman, SAAM curatorial assistant, 1967-1969.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, I-20.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS 76007406
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