Login My List - 0 Help
	Search   Search Images   About

Keyword Browse Combined Highlights Search History All Catalogs

Search:  Artist BrowseTitle BrowseSubject BrowseObject Type Browse Owner Browse       Refine Search     Return to results > You are only searching: Art Inventories

More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Mims, Puryear,     Portrait male -- Campbell, Alexander     Portrait male -- Stone, Barton Warren     Portrait male -- Scott, Walter     Portrait male -- Campbell, Thomas     Occupation -- Religion     Relief     Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Nashville     Sculpture

(Disciples of Christ Headquarters Cenotaph), (sculpture). Artist:  Mims, Puryear, 1906-1975, sculptor. Title:  (Disciples of Christ Headquarters Cenotaph), (sculpture). Digital Reference:  Medium:  Granite on concrete base. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 82 x 27 x 27 in.; Base: approx. 38 x 48 1/2 x 48 1/2 in. Inscription:  (Beneath Alexander Campbell:) ALEXANDER CAMPBELL/1788-1866/COLLEGES AND CHURCHES/GO HAND IN HAND IN THE/PROGRESS OF CHRISTIAN/CIVILIZATION/THE SPIRIT AND SOUL OF/ALL REFORMATION IS FREE/DISCUSSION (Beneath Stone:) BARTON WARREN STONE/1772-1844/LET THE UNITY OF/CHRISTIANS BE OUR/POLAR STAR/LET EVERY CHRISTIAN/BEGIN THE WORK OF/UNION IN HIMSELF (Beneath Scott:) WALTER SCOTT/1796-1861/THE GOLDEN ORACLE:/THE GRAND SAVING TRUTH/IS, THAT 'JESUS IS THE CHRIST'/THE TERMS OF THE ANCIENT/GOSPEL: FAITH, REPENTANCE,/BAPTISM, REMISSION OF SINS,/GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (Beneath Thomas Campbell:) THOMAS CAMPBELL/1763-1854/THE CHURCH OF CHRIST/UPON EARTH IS ESSENTIALLY,/INTENTIONALLY, AND/CONSTITUTIONALLY ONE/WHERE THE SCRIPTURES/SPEAK, WE SPEAK;/WHERE THE SCRIPTURES/ARE SILENT, WE ARE SILENT unsigned Description:  A four-sided cenotaph with a relief portrait bust on each side. The busts are of Alexander Campbell, Barton Warren Stone, Walter Scott, and Thomas Campbell. In each portrait the sitter looks straight ahead and wears a jacket, high-neck shirt, and ascot or tie. Beneath each portrait is an inscription. The central column rests on a two-step octagonal base. At the top of the column is an urn-shaped element. Subject:  Portrait male -- Campbell, Alexander -- Bust Portrait male -- Stone, Barton Warren -- Bust Portrait male -- Scott, Walter -- Bust Portrait male -- Campbell, Thomas -- Bust Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy Object Type:  Relief Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Nashville Sculpture Owner:  Disciples of Christ Historical Society, 1101 19th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee Remarks:  Title supplied by Inventory cataloger. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992. Holder, Philancy, "Thomas Puryear Mims," Nashville: Tennessee Botanical Gardens & Fine Arts Center, 1977. 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 TN000200   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture TN000200 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382

About | © 2020 Smithsonian | Terms of Use | Privacy | Contact