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Corliss Randle Ruckle, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  Corliss Randle Ruckle, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1890. Medium:  Sculpture: marble; Base: marble. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 43 x 25 x 20 in.; Base: approx. 4 1/2 x 27 x 15 in. Inscription:  (Bottom front of sculpture, raised lettering:) CORLISS RANDLE RUCKLE (Rear, bottom:) (...illegible)/ALL SWEET MEMORIES REMAIN (Stairway on front of sculpture, incised lettering:) (Bottom step:) 1877/(top step:) 1889 unsigned Description:  A portrait of a young Corliss Randle Ruckle holding an open book. He is shown seated on a spiral stone staircase, which symbolizes the twelve years of his life. In his proper left hand he holds a bouquet of flowers which speak of life's brevity. With his proper right hand he points to a page in his book to symbolize the point at which his life was cut short. He wears high button shoes, knee breeches, a shirt with a wide collar, and a bow tie. Ferns decorate the side of the spiral staircase. Subject:  Portrait male -- Ruckle, Corliss Randle -- Full length Dress -- Historic -- Nineteenth Century Dress Architecture -- Detail -- Stairs Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object -- Flower Object -- Foliage -- Fern Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Indianapolis Gravestone Sculpture Owner:  Crown Hill Cemetery, 700 West 38th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46208 Remarks:  The sculpture marks the gravesite of Corliss Randle Ruckle (1877-1889) who died of diphtheria when he was twelve. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1994. Inventory staff, 2000. Illustration:  Image on file. 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 IN000835   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture IN000835 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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