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Clapp Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Flint Granite Company, fabricator. Title:  Clapp Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1910. Installed Nov. 1910. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: white granite; Base: white granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 6.33 x 7 x 4.7 ft.; Base: approx. 2.04 x 9.04 x 5.95 ft. Inscription:  (Sculpture, on tablet held by female figure, raised lettering:) LIFE MORE/ABUNDANT (Upper front of base, raised lettering:) CLAPP (Rear of base:) (Left column:) CHARLES MARTIN CLAPP/JULY 5, 1834-APRIL 30, 1897/(Right column:) GEORGIANNA DERBY CLAPP/SEPTEMBER 23, 1834-JULY 13, 1908/GEORGENE LILLIAN CLAPP/DECEMBER 4, 1858-MARCH 15, 1919/HAROLD DERBY COLTON/SEPTEMBER 29, 1880-JULY 1, 1881 unsigned Description:  A figure of a woman sitting on a raised ledge, turned to her proper right. She wears classical dress, including a long gown with a bared proper left shoulder. Part of her hem drapes over the top the base, a bare foot exposed. Her hair is pulled into a bun. Her proper right hand rests on top of a tablet which she supports on her proper right side. Her proper left hand holds a wreath. Subject:  Homage -- Clapp, Charles Martin Homage -- Clapp, Georgiana Derby Homage -- Clapp, Georgene Lillian Homage -- Colton, Harold Derby Figure female -- Full length Occupation -- Other -- Businessman Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress Object -- Other -- Wreath Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston Gravestone Sculpture Owner:  Forest Hills Cemetery, 95 Forest Hills Avenue, Lot 2407, Maple Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02130 Remarks:  The memorial marks the graves of Charles Martin Clapp (1834-1897), Georgianna Derby Clapp (1834-1908), Georgene Lillian Clapp (1858-1919), and Harold Derby Colton (1880-1881). Charles Martin Clapp was one of the original commissioners of Forest Hills Cemetery. IAS files contain related cemetery records, including correspondence from the Flint Granite Company, dated November 12, 1910, and a photocopy of an early photograph of the memorial. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts 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 MA000129   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MA000129 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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