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Wittman Cemetery Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  Wittman Cemetery Monument, (sculpture). Medium:  Limestone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 11 ft. x Diam. 6 ft.; Base: approx. 6 in. x 3 ft. x 3 ft. Inscription:  (On scroll, incised:) HIER RUHET/JACOB WITTMAN/GEB. 17 JULY 1827/GEST. 9 AUG. 1884/BARBARA WITTMAN/1830-1905 unsigned Description:  A truncated tree with three branch stumps. A scroll with inscription on one side. The tree has been decorated with German funerary symbols including a squirrel, a dove, ivy vines, calla lily plant, cross, rope, chain, and fern leaf. Subject:  Homage -- Wittman, Jacob Homage -- Wittman, Barbara Landscape -- Tree Ethnic -- German Animal -- Squirrel Animal -- Bird -- Dove Emblem -- Cross Object -- Tool -- Rope Object -- Tool -- Hardware Object -- Flower -- Lily Object -- Foliage -- Fern Object -- Foliage -- Ivy Object Type:  Gravestone Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Camp Springs Sculpture Owner:  St. John's Lutheran Church, Lower Tug Fork Road, Box 272, Camp Springs, Kentucky 41059 Remarks:  In memory of Jacob Wittman, 1827-1884, and Barbara Wittman, 1830-1905. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kentucky 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 KY000080   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture KY000080 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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