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Herd, David,
Portrait male -- Unidentified
Homage -- Herd, M. E., Mrs.
Gravestone
Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Sylacauga
Sculpture
Little Samuel, (sculpture).
Artist:
Herd, David, 1819-1887, sculptor.
Title:
Little Samuel, (sculpture).
Medium:
Marble.
Inscription:
(Incised on top base:) MOTHER (Incised on middle base:) MRS. M.E. HERD/BORN 1842/DIED AUG. 31, 1924 unsigned
Description:
Small figure of a boy kneeling on proper right knee. He is partially draped. Hair is almost to the shoulders and in long ringlets. Figure is placed on three-tiered base.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Unidentified -- Samuel
Homage -- Herd, M. E., Mrs.
Object Type:
Gravestone
Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Sylacauga
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Sylacauga, Public Works, 1421 West Edwards, Sylacauga, Alabama 35150
Located Marble City Cemetery, Fourth Street West, Sylacauga, Alabama
Remarks:
Reportedly, this is the first known use of Alabama marble for statuary purposes. The work was done by stone cutter David Herd, son of George Herd, an emigrant from Scotland and also a stone cutter. David carved the figure, but is said to have paid someone else to do the hair. IAS files include brief history of Herd family. The statue was in the family collection, prior to its placement on the grave. Information on the sculpture can be found at the B. B. Comer Memorial Public Library, Sylacauga, Alabama. For related reading see: Alabama Historical Review, Vol. III, no. 2 (July 1950), pg. 183.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama survey, 1993.
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 AL000244
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Inventory of American Sculpture
AL000244
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