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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Weisse, J.,     Funston, William L.,     Portrait male -- Brookin, Henry C.     Occupation -- Service     Object -- Tool     Dress -- Uniform     Dress -- Accessory     Dress -- Accessory     Architecture -- Detail     Gravestone     Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Little Rock     Sculpture

Henry C. Brookin Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Weisse, J., sculptor. Funston, William L., contractor. Title:  Henry C. Brookin Memorial, (sculpture). Medium:  Sculpture: metal; Base: stone, possibly granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 29 x 9 x 9 in.; Base: approx. 72 x 26 x 26 in. Inscription:  FUNSTON (Bottom of sculpture, on side, incised:) J. Weisse/sc. (Lower section of base, on front, raised:) BROOKIN (Upper base, on side:) ERECTED/BY THE/VOLUNTEER FIREMEN/OF/LITTLE ROCK/TO THE MEMORY OF/HENRY C./BROOKIN./BORN/MAR. 23, 1852./DIED MAR. 11, 1891. (Upper section of base, on other side:) HE WAS KILLED/WHILE RESPONDING/TO AN ALARM OF FIRE. signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A fireman stands on a section of sloped roof with a recessed window beneath it. He wears a firefighter's uniform, boots and a helmet. He aims a hose upwards; his proper left arm, bent across his chest, holds the upper part and his proper right arms grasps the hose at hip level. The proper left leg is bent and advanced up the roof's slope. Subject:  Portrait male -- Brookin, Henry C. -- Full length Occupation -- Service -- Fireman Object -- Tool -- Hose Dress -- Uniform -- Fireman Uniform Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Dress -- Accessory -- Shoe Architecture -- Detail -- Roof Object Type:  Gravestone Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Little Rock Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Little Rock, Mount Holly Cemetery Association, 4300 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, Arkansas 72207 Located Mount Holly Cemetery, Broadway & 12th Streets, Juniper, near J. A. Woodson site, Little Rock, Arkansas Remarks:  Erected by the Volunteer Firemen of Little Rock to Henry C. Brookin, 1852-1891, who was killed while responding to a fire alarm. For related information see Sybil F. Crawford's "JUBILEE: The First 150 Years of Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas," Little Rock: August House, Inc., 1993, pg. 68. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arkansas survey, 1992. Illustration:  Image on file. Crawford, Sybil F., "JUBILEE: The First 150 Years of Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas," Little Rock: August House, Inc., 1993, pg. 81. 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 AR000073   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AR000073 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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