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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Pitkin, Peter,     Peter Pitkin & Son,     Portrait male -- Potter, Henry S.     Occupation -- Other     Figure group -- Female     Dress -- Historic     Allegory -- Quality     Allegory -- Passion     Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Rochester     Medallion     Gravestone     Sculpture

Henry S. Potter Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Pitkin, Peter, sculptor. Peter Pitkin & Son, fabricator. Title:  Henry S. Potter Monument, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Potter Family Plot, (sculpture). Dates:  1874. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: marble; Base: Clark Island granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 6 x 3 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 8 x 5 x 5 ft. Inscription:  (On plinth:) "FOR BY GRACE ARE YE SAVED THROUGH TRUTH AND THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD" EPH. II:8 (Incised on base:) HENRY S. POTTER/BORN FEB. 14, 1798/DIED JAN. 9, 1884/HARRIET BENEDICT/WIFE OF/HENRY S. POTTER/BORN SEPT. 13, 1805/DIED JULY 3, 1881 (In raised letters on base, bottom: POTTER unsigned Description:  Two female figures are installed atop an ornate, columnic base. The figures wear Classical garments and represent "Hope consoling Sorrow." Hope stands on a left with her proper right hand poised over the head of Sorrow, who kneels on the right. There is a medallion depicting Henry S. Potter affixed to the top of the base above the inscriptions. Mr. Potter is seen in proper left profile, wearing a suit, tie and long beard. Subject:  Portrait male -- Potter, Henry S. -- Profile Occupation -- Other -- Businessman Figure group -- Female Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress Allegory -- Quality -- Hope Allegory -- Passion -- Grief Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Rochester Medallion Gravestone Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Rochester, Department of Parks and Recreation, Special Services, 1133 Mount Hope Avenue, Rochester, New York 14620 Administered by Friends of Mt. Hope Cemetery, 791 Mt. Hope Avenue, Rochester, New York 14620 Located Mt. Hope Cemetery, Section 5, Rochester, New York Remarks:  The monument marks the gravesite of Henry Sayre Potter and his wife, Harriet Benedict Potter. The cost was $6,000. Henry Potter was a prominent businessman in Rochester between 1850 and 1884. IAS files contain excerpt from The Friends of Mt. Hope Cemetery, v. 11, no. 2, Spring 1991, which includes a photograph of the sculpture before it was damaged. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. 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 NY001568   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NY001568 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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