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Finzer Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. A. Pool & Son, contractor. Title:  Finzer Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  Before 1895. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze and Barre granite. Dimensions:  Overall: approx. H. 21 ft. x Diam. 13 ft. Inscription:  (Lower front of sculpture, raised:) FINZER unsigned Description:  A multitiered structure with religious, Masonic, and decorative motifs. Out of the top center rises a large pedestal for a woman in classical dress standing with her proper right arm raised. Her pedestal is surrounded by bronze busts of the five Finzer brothers, each mounted atop its own pedestal. Subject:  Portrait male -- Finzer, John -- Bust Portrait male -- Finzer, Benjamin -- Bust Portrait male -- Finzer, Frederick -- Bust Portrait male -- Finzer, Rudolph -- Bust Portrait male -- Finzer, Nicholas -- Bust Figure female -- Full length Occupation -- Industry -- Foodstuff Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress Ethnic -- Swiss Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Louisville Sculpture Owner:  Cave Hill National Cemetery, 701 Baxter Avenue, Section 5, Lots 6-8, Louisville, Kentucky 40204 Remarks:  Marker of the Finzer family lot. John Finzer, 1838-1891, immigrated from Switzerland and was president of the Five Brothers Tobacco Works. In 1858, he brought into the company his four brothers: Benjamin, Frederick, Rudolph, and Nicholas. IAS files contain related information from Samuel W. Thomas' "Cave Hill Cemetery," Louisville, KY: Cave Hill Cemetery Co., 1985, pg. 35. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kentucky survey, 1995. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, KY0018, 1989. Monumental News, July 1895, pg. 442. Illustration:  Image on file. Thomas, Samuel W., "Cave Hill Cemetery," Louisville, KY: Cave Hill Cemetery Co., 1985, pg. 35. 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 KY000160   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture KY000160 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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