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Miller, Richard,
Aberdeen Marble Yard,
Homage -- Dalton, Jane Martin
Homage -- Dalton, Jane Henderson
Architecture exterior -- Religious
Architecture exterior -- Religious
Gravestone
Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Aberdeen
Sculpture
(Mrs. Jane Martin Dalton), (sculpture).
Artist:
Miller, Richard, d. 1874, sculptor.
Aberdeen Marble Yard, fabricator.
Title:
(Mrs. Jane Martin Dalton), (sculpture).
Dates:
1853.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: marble; Base: granite; Foundation: brick covered by concrete.
Dimensions:
(Jane Martin Dalton's gravemarker: approx. 86 x 17 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.) (Jane Henderson Dalton's gravemarker: approx. 48 x 12 x 6 in.); (Shared foundation: approx. L. 6 ft. 3 in. x W. 30 in.)
Inscription:
(On front lower corner of marker:) R. MILLER, COLUM. (On front of marker:) TO/THE MEMORY OF/MRS. JANE MARTIN DALTON/BORN IN NEWBERN N.C./SEPT. 3RD 1811,/DIED AT ABERDEEN/JAN. 6TH 1852./"There anchored safe my weary/soul shall find eternal rest"/her last words in the (...illegible)./By her zeal and extraordinary/personal effort St. John's Church/was founded: May it long remain/a monument to which her/surviving friends may fondly join/St. James Church in Livingston, Ala/also was founded by her pious labors./Her name is written in the/Church of the First Born/in Heaven. Erected to her virtues, by the/Love and respect of her surviving husband/A.D. 1853/EDIFICAVIT signed
Description:
Two gravemarkers which share the same foundation. The gravemarker for Mrs. Jane Martin Dalton (1811-1852), the mother, has a carved relief of a central Gothic arch and 3 smaller arches. Below these central arches is a relief depicting St. John's Episcopal Church (ca. 1851-1853), prior to the 1870's raising the pitch of the church roof. On the same base, is a smaller marker for Mrs. Jane Henderson Dalton (1844-1845), the daughter of Mrs. Jane Martin Dalton. The daughter's marker also has a central Gothic arch beneath three smaller arches.
Subject:
Homage -- Dalton, Jane Martin
Homage -- Dalton, Jane Henderson
Architecture exterior -- Religious -- Church
Architecture exterior -- Religious -- St. John's Episcopal Church
Object Type:
Gravestone
Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Aberdeen
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Aberdeen, Cemetery Department, 125 West Commerce Street, Aberdeen, Mississippi 39730
Located Old Aberdeen Municipal Cemetery, Aberdeen, Mississippi 39730
Remarks:
IAS files contain related articles from "Mother Monroe," Hamilton, MS: Mother Monroe Publishing Company, 1979, pg 118; and "Monroe County History, Volume I," Monroe County Book Committee and Curtis Media Corporation, 1988; which discuss Jane Martin Dalton's life and role in the founding of St. John's Church, Aberdeen (MS), and St. James Church, Livingston, Alabama. The mother's gravemarker was made by Richard Miller, proprietor of Aberdeen Marble Works.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1992.
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 MS000021
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
MS000021
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