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Cassoni & Isold Company,
Homage -- Grosvenor, Rosa Anne
Landscape -- Plant
Landscape -- Plant
Landscape -- Plant
Gravestone
Outdoor Sculpture -- Rhode Island -- Providence
Sculpture
Rosa Anne Grosvenor Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Cassoni & Isold Company, carver.
Title:
Rosa Anne Grosvenor Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
1872.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: white marble; Base: white marble and gray granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 56 x 60 x 36 in.; Base: approx. 14 x 73 x 49 in.
Inscription:
(On lower left:) Casoni & Isola (sic) (On front:) ROSA ANNE GROSVENOR/DAUGHTER OF/HON JAMES B. AND ALICE MASON/AND WIFE OF/WILLIAM GROSVENOR./BORN NOVEMBER 10, 1817./DIED APRIL 12, 1871 (On base, right:) "CALM ON THE BOSOM OF THE GOD/FAIR SPIRIT! REST THEE NOW!/E'N WHILE WITH US THY FOOTSTEPS TROD./HIS SEAL WAS ON THY BROW. (On base, left:) DUST TO ITS NARROW HOUSE BENEATH!/SOUL TO ITS PLACE ON HIGH!/THEY THAT MAY HAVE SEEN THY LOOK IN DEATH,/NO MORE MAY FEAR TO DIE." signed
Description:
Box tomb set on a tiered base. An urn stands on top, overflowing with garlands, morning glories and ivy, which drape the sides and edges of the structure.
Subject:
Homage -- Grosvenor, Rosa Anne
Landscape -- Plant -- Garland
Landscape -- Plant -- Morning Glory
Landscape -- Plant -- Ivy
Object Type:
Gravestone
Outdoor Sculpture -- Rhode Island -- Providence
Sculpture
Owner:
Swan Point Cemetery, 585 Blackstone Boulevard, Forest Avenue, Providence, Rhode Island 02906
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Rhode Island 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 RI000043
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Inventory of American Sculpture
RI000043
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