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Frank Hubert Venn Associates,
Religion -- Angel
Portrait male -- Peyton, Craven
Homage -- Peyton, Cara Crease
Occupation -- Medicine
Occupation -- Military
Object -- Written Matter
Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Little Rock
Gravestone
Medallion
Sculpture
Peyton Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Frank Hubert
Venn
Associates,
fabricator
.
Title:
Peyton Memorial, (sculpture).
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: marble; Base: marble and granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. x 18 in. x 18 in.; Base: approx. 10 ft. x 54 in. x 54 in.
Inscription:
Anderson,
Venn
& Co., Memphis, Tenn. (Front of base:) THE/GOOD DOCTOR/CARA/D. CRAVEN PEYTON/BORN AT SHELBYVILLE KY./NOV. 30, 1823:/WAS CALLED AWAY/NOV. 7, 1872./PEYTON/CARA CREASE/DEVOTED WIFE OF DR. CRAVEN PEYTON/DIED JULY 22, 1904/"BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART,/FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD." (One side of base:) A great and good man died this day,/And lo! angels came and bore him away./He is not here. His angel cried./The Lord had need of him/He could not here abide. (Other side of base has unreadable inscription) Founder's mark appears.
Description:
The gravestone for Dr. Craven Peyton, 1823-1872, and his wife Cara Crease Peyton. An angel stands with a full-length, closed set of wings, proper right hand lifted above the head, and proper left hand holding an open book at chest level. The angel is mounted on top of a multitiered base with inscriptions. On the front of the base is a memorial portrait, a bust of a bearded man within an oval medallion, perhaps of Dr. Peyton.
Subject:
Religion -- Angel
Portrait male -- Peyton, Craven -- Bust
Homage -- Peyton, Cara Crease
Occupation -- Medicine -- Doctor
Occupation -- Military
Object -- Written Matter -- Book
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Little Rock
Gravestone
Medallion
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Little Rock, Mount Holly Cemetery Association, 4300 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, Arkansas 72207
Located Mount Holly Cemetery, Broadway & 12th Streets, Orange, Little Rock, Arkansas
Remarks:
Craven Peyton was a physician and a confederate veteran. For related information see: Sybil F. Crawford and Mary Fletcher Worthen's "Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas. Burial Index, 1843-1993," Little Rock: August House, Inc., 1993, pg. 185; and, Sybil F. Crawford's "JUBILEE: The First 150 Years of Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas," Little Rock: August House, Inc., 1993, pg. 69, 71.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arkansas 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 AR000132
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