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Annie Laurie Wishing Chair, (sculpture). Artist:  Rodriguez, Dionicio, 1891/93-1955, sculptor. Title:  Annie Laurie Wishing Chair, (sculpture). Dates:  1936. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Concrete with faux bois finish. Inscription:  (On bronze plaque on back of chair:) ANNIE LAURIE / WISHING CHAIR / THIS WISHING CHAIR COMMEMORATES THE SOLDIER'S SWEETHEART, ANNIE LAURIE, WHO LIVED IN GLENCAIRIN, SCOTLAND AND WHO WAS IMMORTALIZED BY WILLIAM DOUGLAS IN HIS SENTIMENTAL BALLAD. (On second plaque:) DRESSED IN OUR BEST AND ALL ALONE, / WE SIT WITHIN THE WISHING CHAIR / WHICH BODES SUCCESS FOR EVERYONE, / EXCHANGING FOND CARESSES THERE (Incised on back of one stone seat:) 1082 / 17GA (Incised on back of other stone seat:) AE (symbol of two hands shaking) AL 1704 Subject:  Object -- Furniture -- Chair Object Type:  Sculpture Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Suitland Bench Owner:  Cedar Hill Cemetery, 4111 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suitland, Maryland 20746 Remarks:  IAS files contain copy of an article titled "Mourning Wood: Hidden in Suitland, the Treelike Treasures of Dionicio Rodriguez," by Anita Wynn, Washington City Paper, May 5, 2010. References:  Wynn, Anita, 2010. 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 78680002   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 78680002 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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