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Volk,
Hopkins & Robbins,
Homage -- Manley, Reuben
Occupation -- Industry
Architecture -- Machine
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Rochester
Gravestone
Relief
Sculpture
Reuben Manley Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Volk, sculptor.
Hopkins & Robbins, fabricator.
Title:
Reuben Manley Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
1842.
Medium:
Marble.
Dimensions:
Approx. 49 x 26 x 2 in.
Inscription:
(Incised on lower right corner:) Volk sc (Incised on lower left corner:) HOPKINS & ROBBINS/ROCH'R (On front:) THE/TYPOGRAPHICAL PROFESSION/REUBEN MANLEY/PRINTER,/DIED,/DECEMBER 22ND, 1842/AGED 24 YEARS./"RESQUIESCAT IN PACE." signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Ornate gravestone for printer Reuben Manley was designed to emulate a memorial ribbon which as printed shortly after his death in 1842. There is a relief of an acorn-shaped printing press in the center, fountain finials and border patterns of wavy curve and sharp step forms.
Subject:
Homage -- Manley, Reuben
Occupation -- Industry -- Printing
Architecture -- Machine -- Printing Press
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Rochester
Gravestone
Relief
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Rochester, Department of Parks and Recreation, Special Services, 1133 Mount Hope Avenue, Rochester, New York 14620
Located Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York
Remarks:
The tombstone marks the gravesite of Reuben Manley (1818-1842), a printer who lived and worked in Rochester who died of consumption at the age of 24. IAS files include a related article from the journal "Printing History," v. 15 no. 1, 1993. According to this article, the tombstone was most likely carved by one of the sons of Jarrett Volk (d. 1863), a Massachusetts stonecutter who, with his family, worked in Rochester and other nearby towns in the 1820s and 1830s.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
Printing History: The Journal of the American Printing History Association 15 (1993): pg. 3-11.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Printing History: The Journal of the American Printing History Association 15 (1993): pg. 4-5.
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 NY001570
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