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Captain Thomas Abell, (sculpture). Artist:  Damon, Martin, sculptor. Title:  Captain Thomas Abell, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Judgement Day, (sculpture). Dates:  1814. Medium:  Granite. Dimensions:  Approx. 72 x 36 x 5 in. Inscription:  SACRED/To the Memory/OF/Capt Thomas Abell/who died/the 10th day of Oct. 1814/AET. 64 y. 11 m. 19 d./While gentle manners, complacent mien/Beloved his life and brightened every scene/Friendship around his dwelling drew mankind/The wretched and distressed could comfort find/such was his worth Wherever he might roam/If virtue there was prized he'd die at home./Bender with reverence press the humble sod/The friend of human kind the heir of God/such was them and whose dust is here enclosed/such Him upon whose bosom he/reposed/Who in the final hour-in life's decline/Bade Nature cease its cares, to Grale (sic) resign. unsigned Description:  Rectangular marker contains a relief which depicts the Day of Judgement. The upper portion of the tympanum shows Heaven, in which there are several angels among clouds. Some angels play musical instruments and others are hiding their faces and weeping. The archangel Gabriel appears in the middle blowing a trumpet which issues the words "Ye Dead Arise" and "Come to Judgement." There is a cemetery at the bottom, in which people are rising out of their coffins to go to Judgement. Subject:  Homage -- Abell, Thomas Occupation -- Military -- Captain Religion -- New Testament -- Last Judgement Religion -- Angel -- St. Gabriel Object -- Musical Instrument -- Trumpet Landscape -- Cemetery Figure group Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Fredonia Gravestone Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Village of Fredonia, Fredonia, New York 14722 Located Pioneer Cemetery, Main Street, Fredonia, New York Remarks:  IAS files contain an excerpt from "History of Chautauqua County," by Obed Edson (Boston: W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1894, pg. 337). References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994. 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 NY001026   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NY001026 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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