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History -- United States
Homage -- Brooks, George S.
Homage -- Brooks, William D.
Homage -- Brooks, George
Homage -- Brooks, Abigail T.
Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Haddam
Gravestone
Relief
Obelisk
Sculpture
Brooks Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Brooks Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1880's or after 1950 (?).
Medium:
Brownstone.
Dimensions:
Approx. 13 ft. 6 in. x 42 1/2 in. x 42 1/2 in.
Inscription:
(Front face of base, raised letters:) BROOKS (Incised in raised shield:) DEA. GEORGE BROOKS/DIED APRIL 7, 1905/AE. 88./ABIGAIL T./HIS WIFE/DIED DEC. 30, 1890./AE. 72 (East:) WILLIAM D. SON OF/GEO. & A.T. BROOKS/CO. E. 16. R. C. V./DIED OF STARVATION/AT ANDERSONVILLE AUG. 8, 1864/AE. 22 (West:) GEORGE S. BROOKS/DIED OF STARVATION AT/WILMINGTON, N.C. MAR. 6 1865/AE. 21 unsigned
Description:
A draped obelisk, with Civil War relief carvings of crossed flags, and rifles fitted with bayonets and wreaths. On the lower front of the obelisk is a shield.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Homage -- Brooks, George S.
Homage -- Brooks, William D.
Homage -- Brooks, George
Homage -- Brooks, Abigail T.
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Haddam
Gravestone
Relief
Obelisk
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Shailerville-Tyler Cemetery Association, c/o Ellsworth Beckwith, 1367 Saybrook Road, Haddam, Connecticut 06438
Located Shailerville Tylerville Cemetery, SR 154 & Camp Bethel Road, Haddam, Connecticut
Remarks:
The monument marks the gravesite of the Brooks family, including two sons, William D. Brooks and George S. Brooks, who died during the Civil War. The exact dates of the monument are unknown. It may have been erected in the 1880s, after the sons' death; or the stone might not have been cut until after the father's death in 1905.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut 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 CT000334
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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