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Bayes, Gilbert,
Harrison Granite Company,
Portrait female -- Caldwell, Mary Guendaline Byrd
Portrait female -- Caldwell, Mary Elizabeth Breckinridge
Occupation -- Other
Ethnic -- German
Dress -- Historic
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Louisville
Gravestone
Sculpture
(Caldwell Monument), (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Bayes, Gilbert, sculptor.
Harrison Granite Company, fabricator.
Title:
(Caldwell Monument), (
sculpture
).
Dates:
1910-1912.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture
: Greek marble; Base: marble.
Dimensions:
Sculpture
: approx. 7 ft. 6 in. x 45 in. x 30 in.; Base: approx. 3 ft. x 6 ft. x 56 in.
Inscription:
(Front of base, incised:) "Know the truth and the truth shall make you free." unsigned
Description:
Standing figures of Mary Guendaline Byrd Caldwell and Mary Elizabeth Breckinridge Caldwell in classical dress. One figure rests her proper left hand on the other figure's proper left shoulder. The first figure's proper right hand holds the front figure's proper right hand. They stand atop a multitiered base with inscriptions, set in a plaza surrounded by an exedra.
Subject:
Portrait female
--
Caldwell, Mary Guendaline Byrd
--
Full length
Portrait female
--
Caldwell, Mary Elizabeth Breckinridge
--
Full length
Occupation
--
Other
--
Aristocrat
Ethnic
--
German
Dress
--
Historic
--
Classical Dress
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
Kentucky
--
Louisville
Gravestone
Sculpture
Owner:
Cave Hill National Cemetery, 701 Baxter Avenue, Section 13, Lot 111,
Louisville
,
Kentucky
40204
Remarks:
Inscription on plaza reads: Mary Elizabeth Breckinridge Caldwell/Baroness Von Zedtwitz/Born December 26, 1865/Died December 16, 1910/Mary Guendaline Byrd Caldwell/Marquise Des Monstiers Merinville/Born October 21, 1863/Died October 5, 1909. The exedra was executed and erected by Harrison Granite Company. IAS files contain related information from Samuel W. Thomas' "Cave Hill Cemetery,"
Louisville
, KY: Cave Hill Cemetery Co., 1985, pg. 8.
References:
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
Kentucky
survey, 1995.
National Park Service, American Monuments and
Outdoor
Sculpture
Database, KY5009, 1989.
Monumental News, March 1913, pg. 194.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Thomas, Samuel W., "Cave Hill Cemetery,"
Louisville
, KY: Cave Hill Cemetery Co., 1985, pg. 8.
Monumental News, March 1913, pg. 194 and cover.
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 KY000156
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