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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Evans, W. S.,     Homage -- Sheets, John     Homage -- Sheets, Mary     Occupation -- Military     Animal -- Bird     Landscape -- Tree     Animal -- Squirrel     Object -- Written Matter     Animal -- Opossum     Object -- Tool     Object -- Vegetable     Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- West Terre Haute     Gravestone     Sculpture

Sheets Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Evans, W. S., sculptor. Title:  Sheets Monument, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Treestump Tombstone, (sculpture). Dates:  1880s. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Limestone. Dimensions:  Approx. 15 x 3 x 3 ft. Inscription:  (In proper right cut of branches, sixth from the bottom:) Cut by W. S. Evans T.H. (On left scroll on sculpture:) John/Sheets/Died/Jan. 5, 1881/Aged/91 yrs &/11 days/sweet Jesus smiles/and bids us come/Where angels wait/Our souls above/Served in War of/1812 under Gen./W. H. Harrison./Also in battle of/Tippecanoe (On right scroll on sculpture:) Mary./Wife of/John/Sheets./Died/April 6, 1853./Aged 71 yrs. 3 mos./6 days/Erected to the/Memory of/John & Mary/Sheets/By H.W. & M.A./Sheets/at the/cost of $825.00 signed Description:  Limestone grave marker in the shape of a tall tree trunk. Perched on the top of the trunk is an eagle. Directly below the eagle is a squirrel climbing up the trunk. Below the squirrel is a vine. To the right of the vine is an opossum climbing over a sawed-off branch. On the other side of the vine is another opossum crawling out of a hole. To the right of the second opossum is a snake with a forked tongue. The snake extends down, under and around a broken branch. In the center of the trunk is a bas-relief of an axe entwined with vines. Below the axe are two scrolls, also in bas-relief. On one side of the scrolls is a cornstalk. Around the monument's base are lilies and ferns. In front of the main tree trunk are two small limestone tree stumps. Extending east of these is a series of smaller stumps. Subject:  Homage -- Sheets, John Homage -- Sheets, Mary Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Animal -- Bird -- Eagle Landscape -- Tree Animal -- Squirrel Object -- Written Matter -- Scroll Animal -- Opossum Object -- Tool -- Axe Object -- Vegetable -- Corn Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- West Terre Haute Gravestone Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Darwin Road Cemetery Association, 520 Francis Avenue Court, Terre Haute, Indiana 47802 Located Darwin Road Cemetery, West Terre Haute, Indiana Remarks:  Cost of the sculpture was $825.00. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993. 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 IN001039   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture IN001039 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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