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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Tauch, Waldine Amanda,     Nelson, Donald,     E. Gargani & Sons,     Portrait group -- Family     Portrait male -- VanZandt, Isaac     Portrait female -- VanZandt, Frances Lipscomb     Occupation -- Political     Relief     Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Canton     Sculpture

Isaac VanZandt and Francis Lipscomb VanZandt, (sculpture). Artist:  Tauch, Waldine Amanda, 1892/94-1986, sculptor. Nelson, Donald, 1907- , architect. E. Gargani & Sons, founder. Title:  Isaac VanZandt and Francis Lipscomb VanZandt, (sculpture). Other Titles:  VanZandt Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  1936-1937. Copyrighted 1937. Dedicated Oct. 3, 1938. Medium:  Relief: bronze; Stele and base: pink granite from Marble Falls, TX. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 12 ft. x 5 ft. x 6 in.; Base: approx. 22 ft. x 19 ft. x 7 ft. 6 in. Inscription:  (On lower proper left edge of bronze relief:) Waldine Tauch/1937 (On lower proper right edge of bronze relief:) E. Gargani Sons Fdry. N. Y. (On front:) ISAAC VANZANDT AND FRANCES C. LIPSCOMB VANZANDT/1813-1847/MEMBER OF THE CONGRESS/OF THE REPUBLIC-1841-1842/CHARGE D'AFFAIRES TO THE/UNITED STATES-1842-1844/IN-1845-MEMBER OF THE/CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION/1816-1909/CHRISTIAN-PIONEER-/WIFE AND MOTHER/"HER LIFE WAS PURE-BRAVE/AND ACTIVE-AND HER MEMORY/IS FRAGRANT WITH THE INCENSE/OF GOOD AND NOBLE DEEDS"/1836 -- ERECTED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS -- 1936/WITH FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY/THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT/TO COMMEMORATE ONE HUNDRED YEARS/OF TEXAS INDEPENDENCE signed Founder's mark Description:  A pink granite stele flanked on each side by low granite slabs. A granite base supports the stele and slabs. On the front of the stele is a relief portrait of Mr. and Mrs. VanZandt. Isaac VanZandt wears a suit and a long cape and stands behind Frances Lipscomb VanZandt who wears a long, high-necked dress and has her hair pulled back. Mrs. VanZandt's proper right hand is held in her husband's proper right hand, which is raised to his chest. Subject:  Portrait group -- Family -- Spouses Portrait male -- VanZandt, Isaac -- Full length Portrait female -- VanZandt, Frances Lipscomb -- Full length Occupation -- Political -- Congressman Object Type:  Relief Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Canton Sculpture Owner:  VanZandt County Courthouse, Courthouse grounds on town square, Canton, Texas 75103 Remarks:  IAS files contain related excerpts from the VanZandt County Commissioners Court minutes (July 12, 1937 & Oct. 3, 1937, which includes commissioning information and detailed dedicatory remarks, including Mrs. VanZandt's reminiscences of her family's early settlement in Texas. The Texas Centennial Commission of Control allotted $7,500 for the monument. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Hutson, Alice, "From Chalk to Bronze," Austin, TX: Shoal Creek Publishers, 1978, pg. 102. 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 TX000045   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture TX000045 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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