(Samuel D. Moses Gravestone), (sculpture).

(Samuel D. Moses Gravestone), (sculpture).

Torrey, Barker, sculptor.

(Samuel D. Moses Gravestone), (sculpture).

Marble on a granite base.

Sculpture: approx. 53 x 24 1/2 x 24 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 28 x 28 x 4 in.

BARKER TORREY (On front, beneath cross:) SAM'L D. MOSES, M.D./Born Oct. 17, 1826./Died June 16, 1873./"Yet a little while." signed

A simple, roughly textured cross facing east. The cross is depicted atop a mound of rocks. A grape vine with leaves and fruit climbs up the cross. Three grape leaves with fruit are at the base of the cross.

Emblem -- Cross

Object -- Fruit -- Grape

Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Knoxville

Old Gray Cemetery, 543 North Broadway Street, Knoxville, Tennessee 37917

Title supplied by Inventory cataloger.

In 1991 cross was mended after having been broken in three places.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992.

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