Frazee Memorial, (sculpture).

Frazee Memorial, (sculpture).

Frazee, John, 1790-1852, sculptor.

Frazee Memorial, (sculpture).

Sculpture: marble; Base: limestone, marble.

(On front of urn, incised:) TO/JANE/THE WIFE OF MY YOUTH/AGED 42 YEARS/AUG. 16, 1832/JOHN FRAZEE

Marble urn and base set on a limestone slab. The sculpture is surrounded by an iron picket fence.

Homage -- Frazee, Jane

Object -- Other -- Vase

Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- South River

Decorative arts

Administered by Borough of South River, Borough Clerk, 64-66 Main Street, South River, New Jersey

Located Old School Baptist Cemetery, War Memorial Building, 64-66 Main Street, South River, New Jersey

The sculpture is a memorial to the artist's wife, Jane, who died of cholera in 1832. Although the sculpture stands in the Old School Baptist cemetery, it is not known if Jane is buried there. The fence was added to the memorial in the twentieth century as a gift from Princeton University. The limestone slab is also twentieth century. The property the memorial is sited on is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The sculpture received funding for conservation treatment in 1996 from the New Jersey Historic Trust. IAS files contain June 1996 conservation treatment Request for Proposal.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1996.

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