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Sphinx, (sculpture). Artist:  Milmore, Martin, 1844-1883, sculptor. Title:  Sphinx, (sculpture). Dates:  1872. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 6 x 3 x 10 ft.; Base: approx. 5 x 5 x 15 ft. Inscription:  (On front of sculpture, along lower right edge:) MARTIN MILMORE/SCULPTOR/BOSTON/1872 (On back of sculpture, along lower left edge:) JACOB BIGELOW STATUIT ET DEDICAVIT. (On front of base:) AMERICAN UNION PRESERVED/AFRICAN SLAVERY DESTROYED/BY THE UPRISING OF A GREAT PEOPLE/BY THE BLOOD OF FALLEN HEROS (On back of base:) AMERICA CONSERVATA/AFRICA LIBERATA/POPULO MAGIO ASSURGENTE/HEROUM SANGUINE FUSO signed Description:  A sculpture of an Egyptian sphinx rests on a large rectangular base. Subject:  Mythology -- Egyptian -- Sphinx Homage -- Bigelow, Jacob Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge Gravestone Sculpture Owner:  Mt. Auburn Cemetery, South of Chapel, Cambridge, Massachusetts Remarks:  Commissioned by Dr. Jacob Bigelow. This work is a Civil War memorial. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1998. 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 77002484   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 77002484 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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