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Leland Company,
Story, William Wetmore,
Homage -- Cassard,
Religion -- Angel
Allegory -- Death
Sculpture
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Brooklyn
Gravestone
Monument to the Cassard Family, (sculpture).
Artist:
Leland Company, fabricator.
Story, William Wetmore, 1819-1895, sculptor. (copy after)
Title:
Monument to the Cassard Family, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Angel of Death, (sculpture).
Dates:
1909 or 1910.
Medium:
Sculpture: Italian marble; Base: granite.
Description:
Figure of an angle draped over an Italian marble monument, her head buried against her right arm.
Subject:
Homage -- Cassard,
Religion -- Angel
Allegory -- Death
Object Type:
Sculpture
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Brooklyn
Gravestone
Owner:
Green-Wood Cemetery, 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, New York 11232
Remarks:
Copy of William Wetmore Story's "Angel of Death" that stands on his grave in the Cimitero degli Inglesi (English Cemetery) in Rome. The monument was recreated by the Leland Company of New York City.
References:
Richmond, Jeffrey I., "Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery: New York's Buried Treasure," Brooklyn, NY: Green-Wood Cemetery, 2008, pg. 202.
Illustration:
Richmond, Jeffrey I., "Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery: New York's Buried Treasure," Brooklyn, NY: Green-Wood Cemetery, 2008, pg. 202.
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 68320059
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
68320059
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