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  • Muldoon Monument Company,
     
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  • Figure female -- Full length
     
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  • Emblem -- Cross
     
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  • Homage -- Reider, Jacob
     
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  • Occupation -- Other
     
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  • Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Little Rock
     
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  • Gravestone
     
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  • Sculpture
     
     
    (Reider Memorial), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Muldoon Monument Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    (Reider Memorial), (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated ca. 1861.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Memorial: marble; Base: stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Memorial: approx. 12 ft. x 3 ft. 7 in. x 3 ft. 7 in.; Base: approx. 1 ft. 1 in. x 4 ft. 5 in. x 4 ft. 5 in.
    Inscription: 
    Muldoon B (?) & Co., Memphis, Tennesse (sic) (West face of sculpture, on panel:) (Incised lettering:) SACRED/TO THE MEMORY OF/(Raised lettering:) JACOB REIDER,/(Incised:) DIED/(Incised, cursive lettering:) June 12, 1861;/Aged 85 Years/(Lower tier, in raised lettering:) REIDER/Muldoon B and Co., Mem Tenn Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A robed female stands on multi-tiered shaft with her head bowed, leaning against a cross, her proper right arm wrapped around it with her hand coming over the top of the crossbeam. Garlands of flowers encircle the top tier of the shaft beneath the figure and the cross. The shaft is also decorated with arch-shaped text panels and foliage. The entire memorial is set upon a short, multi-sided base.
    Subject: 
    Figure female -- Full length
    Emblem -- Cross
    Homage -- Reider, Jacob
    Occupation -- Other -- Businessman
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Little Rock
    Gravestone
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Catholic Diocese of Little Rock, 2500 North Tyler, Little Rock, Arkansas 72207
    Located Cavalry Cemetery, Southwest section, 20th & Woodrow, Little Rock, Arkansas
    Remarks: 
    Sculpture marks the grave of Jacob Reider. Born in Zurich in 1776, Reider came to Little Rock in 1828 and became a prominent merchant, before his death in 1861. IAS files contain a transcription of Mr. Rider's obituary from the True Democrat (Arkansas), Aug. 1, 1861, pg. 2.
    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 AR000207
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