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    		• Frobenius, Fred,
     
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    		• Scott, J. L.,
     
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    		• Marion Marble and Granite Works,
     
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    		• Landscape -- Tree
     
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    		• Figure -- Fragment
     
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    		• Object -- Written Matter
     
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    		• Object -- Flower
     
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    		• Object -- Foliage
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Homage -- Riggs, Reuben
     
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    		• Homage -- Riggs, Nancy
     
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    		• Homage -- Colusky, Louise C. Riggs
     
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    		• Occupation -- Law
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Marion
     
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    		• Gravestone
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Judge Riggs Tombstone, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Frobenius, Fred, sculptor.
    Scott, J. L., sculptor.
    Marion Marble and Granite Works, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Judge Riggs Tombstone, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated 1910.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Bedford Indiana limestone.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. H. 9 ft. x Diam. 2 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On scroll:) REUBEN RIGGS/1810-1873/NANCY HIS WIFE/1814-1867/LOUISE C. RIGGS/COLUSKY/1843-1867 (Across banner:) RIGGS (On various cut off branch scars:) A POOR MAN'S FRIEND/PIONEER/AN HONEST JUDGE/NATURES NOBLEMAN/A PEACEMAKER
    Description: 
    A truncated oak tree trunk of limestone. In the center of the front face of the tree are the clasped hands of a man with cufflinks and a woman with lace around the wrist. Below these is a scroll, under which a banner wraps around the trunk. A lily blooms in an urn at the base and a clinging vine encircles the length of the tree to the topmost branch.
    Subject: 
    Landscape -- Tree -- Oak Tree
    Figure -- Fragment -- Hand
    Object -- Written Matter -- Scroll
    Object -- Flower -- Lily
    Object -- Foliage -- Ivy
    Object -- Other -- Vase
    Homage -- Riggs, Reuben
    Homage -- Riggs, Nancy
    Homage -- Colusky, Louise C. Riggs
    Occupation -- Law -- Judge
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Marion
    Gravestone
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Marion Cemetery, Marion, Kansas
    Remarks: 
    Marion Cemetery was originally known as Highland Cemetery. Judge Riggs was the first lawyer and judge in the Wichita, Kansas area. The monument was erected through the efforts of George Coble, a Marion, Kansas frontiersman and close friend of the judge. Fred Frobenius and J. L. Scott of the Marion Marble and Granite Works were commissioned to design and build the monument. IAS files contain copy of related correspondence from Marion Historical Museum.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas survey, 1995.
    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 KS000603
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