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    		• Galli, P. E.,
     
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    		• Cecchini, Richard,
     
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    		• Dixie Granite Company,
     
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    		• Dixie Blue Granite,
     
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    		• Harmony Blue Granite Company,
     
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    		• Portrait female -- Stahnke, Ursina Barbara
     
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    		• Ethnic -- German
     
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    		• Occupation -- Education
     
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    		• Literature -- Longfellow
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Elberton
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Stele
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Untitled, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Galli, P. E., designer.
    Cecchini, Richard, 1903-1981, carver.
    Dixie Granite Company, design firm.
    Dixie Blue Granite, fabricator.
    Harmony Blue Granite Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Untitled, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Ursina Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated March 28, 1954.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: Elberton blue granite; Base: Elberton blue granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 72 x 31 x 10 in.; Base: approx. 5 x 50 x 20 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Front of sculpture, below bust, incised lettering:) URSINA/BARBARA/STAHNKE/1935/1953/SHE CAME TO US UNKNOWN/FROM HAMBURG, GERMANY/AS AN EXCHANGE STUDENT/SPONSORED BY THE ELBERTON/KIWANIS CLUB./IN THE SHORT TIME GOD/PERMITTED HER TO STAY/WITH US SHE CAPTURED/ALL OF OUR HEARTS AND/LOVE./(Lower:) SHE IS NOT DEAD...THE CHILD OF OUR AFFECTION.../BUT GONE UNTO THAT SCHOOL/WHERE SHE NO LONGER NEEDS OUR PROTECTION,/AND CHRIST HIMSELF DOTH RULE./LONGELLOW unsigned
    Description: 
    A circular, bas-relief bust-length portrait of Ursina Barbara Stahnke in proper right profile with her hair pulled back. The bust is on the upper front of an inscribed stele, mounted upon a short, rectangular base.
    Subject: 
    Portrait female -- Stahnke, Ursina Barbara -- Bust
    Ethnic -- German
    Occupation -- Education -- Student
    Literature -- Longfellow
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Elberton
    Relief
    Stele
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Elbert County Board of Education, 50 Laurel Drive, Elberton, Georgia 30635
    Located Elbert County Middle School, 45 Forest Avenue, Elberton, Georgia 30635
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Elberton High School, 45 Forest Avenue, Elberton, Georgia 30635
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture commemorates Ursina Barbara Stahnke (1935-1953), Elberton's first German exchange student, and is popularly known as the "Ursina Memorial." She was sponsored by the Elberton Kiwanis Club and arrived in the summer of 1953 to complete her senior year. She was killed in a horseback riding accident shortly thereafter. The monument was designed by P. E. Galli of the Dixie Granite Company and fabricated by Dixie Blue Granite. The carving was done by Richard Cecchini of the Harmony Blue Granite Company.
    At the time of the dedication, the school was known as Elberton High School (also known as White High School or Central High). IAS files contain a related article from The Elberton Star, March 20, 1954; and a pamphlet entitled "Elberton's Sweetheart, Ursina Stahnke," a project by the students of the School's 1984-1985 class of Nelson Hitchock. The pamphlet contains clippings on Ursina, including biographical and obituary information. The pamphlet also contain a reprint of an article about the sculpture from the Monument News-Review, May 1954. The sculpture was funded by the Elberton Kiwanians and friends of the Kiwanians Club.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Monumental News-Review (May 1954).
    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 GA000395
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