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(Lifting the Veil), (sculpture). Artist:  Plummer, D. J., sculptor. Title:  (Lifting the Veil), (sculpture). Dates:  1943. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: concrete, painted; Base: stone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 15 ft. x Diam. 5 ft.; Base: approx. 2 ft. x W. 20 ft. Inscription:  D. J. Plummer (On front:) DETERMINATION/RUST/ALCORN/L'AICLON/NAPOLEON/L'ETOILE/ADA B. ALBERT (On proper right side:) LIFTING THE VEIL/SCULPTOR/D. J. PLUMMER/1943 (On back:) ASPIRATION/DEVOTION/JACKSON/DEDICATED TO POSTERITY signed Description:  Two columns supporting a large urn, situated on a rock base. On the urn is an eagle with a snake in its beak. Surrounding the base are concrete tablets with inscriptions and some with busts. The busts include a figure of Aspiration (a woman with arms upraised on her head); a bust of Devotion (two people embracing); and Determination (the head of a person). Subject:  Animal -- Bird -- Eagle Animal -- Reptile -- Snake Object -- Other -- Vase Figure group -- Bust Allegory -- Quality -- Obedience Allegory -- Quality -- Determination Allegory -- Quality -- Hope Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Piney Woods Sculpture Owner:  Piney Woods Country Life School, P. O. Box 63, Highway 49 S, Corner of Grace Lane & Lawrence C. Jones Avenue, Piney Woods, Mississippi 39148 Remarks:  Title supplied by Inventory cataloger. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1994. 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 MS000208   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MS000208 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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