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The Sewell Cross, (sculpture). Artist:  Calder, Alexander Stirling, 1870-1945, sculptor. Leland & Hall Company, contractor. Title:  The Sewell Cross, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Sewell Memorial Cross, (sculpture). Dates:  1901. Copyrighted 1904. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Windsor green granite. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 20 ft. x W. 6 ft. Inscription:  A.S. CALDER (Bottom front panel:) Mors pax (Second front panel:) Vita labor (Third front panel:) Vigilate (Fourth front panel:) Dis manibus (Bottom back panel:) Navis fortis Altum mare Fides fortiter it (Third back panel:) Audax et Cautus signed Description:  A large relief-covered Celtic cross, in the center of which is a circular Emblem of Eternity containing two crouching figures with hands joined and raised in supplicatory unity. Between the hands is a serpent, the symbol of temptation. Depictions on the front relief panels are as follows --(Vertical panels) Bottom front panel: Peace of Death as the herald of death bearing a trumpet and palm branch; Second front panel: Redemption of Labor as a stoic digger annoyed by a bird of prey; Third front panel: Vigilance as a boatman steering his boat through rough seas; Fourth front panel: Immortality as the Phoenix rising from ashes; Top front panel: Universal Love as a heart within a winged globe. (Horizontal panels) Front left panel: Hope as a winged blindfolded head; Front right panel: Fear as a chained head and hands. Depictions on the back relief panels are as follows --(Vertical panels) Bottom back panel: Faith as an ancient ship at sea and a coat of arms framed in a shamrock; Second back panel: Charity as a winged figure seated on a lion to signify the power of charity over misfortune symbolized by a emaciated youth; Third back panel: Courage as Hercules strangling a serpent, the emblem of evil; Fourth back panel: Gentleness as a virgin holding a dove; Top back panel: Love as a flaming heart. (Horizontal panels) Back left panel: Hope as clasped hands with a rope and anchor; Back right panel: Faith as hands grasping a cross. Subject:  Emblem -- Cross Allegory -- Death Allegory -- Religion -- Immortality Allegory -- Quality -- Faith Allegory -- Religion -- Good & Evil State of Being -- Evil -- Cruelty Allegory -- Quality -- Fortitude Allegory -- Quality -- Harmony Animal -- Bird -- Dove Animal -- Bird Architecture -- Boat Mythology -- Egyptian -- Sphinx Animal -- Reptile -- Snake Animal -- Lion Object -- Flower -- Rose Figure -- Fragment -- Hand Object -- Foliage -- Shamrock Allegory -- Place -- Ireland Object -- Flower -- Thistle Object -- Musical Instrument -- Harp Animal -- Bird -- Eagle Animal -- Insect -- Bee Allegory -- Religion -- Salvation State of Being -- Evil -- Temptation Allegory -- Quality -- Hope Allegory -- Passion -- Fear Allegory -- Passion -- Love Object Type:  Gravestone Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Camden Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Harleigh Cemetery, Haddon Avenue, Camden, New Jersey 08103 Located Harleigh Cemetery, Lot #75, Spring Grove Lawn, Camden, New Jersey Remarks:  The cross was erected in memory of General William J. Sewell. For additional information see Margaret Calder Hayes Erikkson's "Three Alexander Calders: A Family Memoir," Middlebury, VT, 1977. IAS files contain a copy of the artist's sketch of the cross dated 1901 which contains notes on the symbols illustrated in each relief. Translations of the Latin inscriptions on the cross are as follows --Bottom front panel: "Death is peace"; second front panel: "Life is labor"; third front panel: "Watch"; fourth front panel: "Rich through or by the hands"; bottom back panel: "Stout ship, Deep sea, Faith rides staunchly"; third back panel: "Bold and wary." References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, NJ0023, 1989. Monumental News, Feb. and March 1905. Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Monumental News, March 1905, pg. 187-188. 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 76005596   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76005596 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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