Nathaniel Parker Willis Monument, (sculpture).

Nathaniel Parker Willis Monument, (sculpture).

Zolnay, George Julian, 1863-1949, sculptor.

Nathaniel Parker Willis Monument, (sculpture).

Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 32 x 26 x 3/4 in.; Base: approx. 92 x 54 x 24 in.

(On lower left of relief:) Zolnay/1912 (On base:) GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS-THAT HE LAY/DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIEND (CHILD) JOHN 15.13./MURDERED IN A COURT OF JUSTICE, IN LITTLE ROCK, ARK./WHERE HE HAD GONE BY PERMISSION OF THE COURT TO SEE/HIS OWN DAUGHTER, MARY FRANCES LAURA WILLIS, WHOM/HE LOVED AND FROM WHOM HE HAD BEEN SEPARATED BY/THE FALLACIES OF THE COURT./THERE IS ONE LAW-GIVER WHO IS ABLE TO SAVE AND TO DESTROY, WHO ART THOU THAT JUDGETH ANOTHER? JAMES 4.12./TO RECONSTRUCT TIMID JUSTICE AND PLACE THE FACT/ABOVE THE FALSEHOOD IS THE WORK OF TIME. (On relief panel:) NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS/AUGUST 21, 1868/JULY 27, 1909/"TRIED AND TRUE" signed

Rectangular relief depicting Nathaniel Willis and his daughter Mary at waist-length. Willis has wavy hair and wears a jacket and bow tie. In front of him is Mary, who wears a dress with a large fluted collar, hair parted in the middle and pulled back. A lengthy inscription is carved in the granite tablet below the panel.

Portrait group -- Family

Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Crawfordsville

Oak Hill Cemetery, 598 Oak Hill Road, Section 2, Crawfordsville, Indiana 47933

IAS files contain additional information about the sitter from "Tales Behind Montgomery County Gravestones," by Jeffrey W. Grolig, 1975, pg. 3-4.Willis died in a courtroom battle, trying to gain custody of his daughter.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.

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