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    		• Snead, Udolpho,
     
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    		• Harrison Granite Company,
     
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    		• Homage -- Tingley, William
     
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    		• Occupation -- Education
     
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    		• Homage -- Tingley, George H.
     
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    		• Figure group
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Louisville
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Tingley Fountain, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Snead, Udolpho, sculptor.
    Harrison Granite Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Tingley Fountain, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1922.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Figures: bronze; Fountain: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Standing figure: approx. 64 in. x 18 in. x 3 ft.; Crouching male figure: approx. 34 x 26 x 34 in.; Crouching female figure: approx. 36 x 24 x 29 in.; Fountain: approx. H. 90 in. x W. 87 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Ground-level basin of fountain mounts an inscribed, bronze plaque) unsigned
    Description: 
    A fountain with three basins supports three figures. Standing on a pedestal in the center of the highest and smallest basin is a woman in a gown with her arms stretched before her. The highest basin is mounted atop a pedestal set in the center of the middle basin. The middle basin also has a nude, adolescent male figure and a nude, adolescent female figure. Each figure is seated and holds a slate with both hands. The middle basin is set within a large, ground-level basin which mounts an inscribed plaque on its outer wall.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Tingley, William
    Occupation -- Education
    Homage -- Tingley, George H.
    Figure group
    Object -- Written Matter
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Louisville
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Cave Hill National Cemetery, 701 Baxter Avenue, Section A, Louisville, Kentucky 40204
    Remarks: 
    William Tingley, 1828-1914, was a wagon maker, and George H. Tingley, was superintendent of the Louisville school system from 1863-1894. Nearby bronze plaque reads: Restored/1983/Cave Hill/Cemetery. IAS files contain related information from Samuel W. Thomas' "Cave Hill Cemetery," Louisville, KY: Cave Hill Cemetery Co., 1985, pg. 11.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kentucky survey, 1995.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Thomas, Samuel W., "Cave Hill Cemetery," Louisville, KY: Cave Hill Cemetery Co., 1985, pg. 11.
    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 KY000155
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