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Ransom Bethune Welch Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Adams, Herbert, 1858-1945, sculptor. (possibly by) Title:  Ransom Bethune Welch Monument, (sculpture). Digital Reference:  Medium:  Relief: stone. Dimensions:  Relief: approx. 75 x 44 x 14 in.; Base: 20 x 45 x 16 in. Inscription:  (On front of gravestone below angel's proper left arm:) The/righteous is/in everlasting/remembrance (On rear of gravestone, incised lettering:) RANSOM/BETHUNE/WELCH/DD LLD/BORN JAN XXVII MDCCCXXIV/DIED JUNE XXIX MDCCCXC/PASTOR AT GILBOA CATSKILL/AND ALBION PROFESSOR IN/UNION COLLEGE AND AUBURN/THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY/LYDIA/GARNSEY/KENNEDY/HIS WIFE/BORN FEB XXII MDCCCXXXV/DIED FEB XXIV MDCCCCXXII (On front of base, incised lettering:) WELCH unsigned Description:  A tall rectangular gravestone adorned with a relief of an angel standing with her head turned to her proper right and her proper right hand raised to the edge of her veil. She holds a stem of lilies in her proper left hand. A sunburst halo appears behind her head. The gravestone rests on a rectangular block base. Subject:  Homage -- Welch, Ransom Bethune Homage -- Welch, Lydia Garnsey Kennedy Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy Occupation -- Education -- Teacher Occupation -- Writer -- Author Religion -- Angel Object -- Flower -- Lily Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Auburn Gravestone Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Fort Hill Cemetery Association, 19 Fort Street, Auburn, New York 13021 Located Fort Hill Cemetery, 19 Fort Street, Evening Dell Section, Grave No. 43, Auburn, New York Remarks:  Reverend Ransom Bethune Welch, (1824-1890) served as pastor of the Presbyterian church in Gilboa, New York and as Albion Professor at Union College and Auburn Theological Seminary. He was married to Lydia Garnsey Kennedy Welch (1835-1922). References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994. Ambler, Louise Todd & Marilyn Gage Hyson, unpublished checklist, 2001-2003. 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 NY000667   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NY000667 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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