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Unknown (Italian),
Portrait female -- Crockett, Davy, Mrs. (Elizabeth Patton)
Dress -- Historic
History -- United States
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas
Sculpture
Wife of David Crockett, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown (Italian), sculptor.
Title:
Wife of David Crockett, (sculpture).
Dates:
1911. Dedicated May 3, 1913.
Medium:
Sculpture: white marble; Base: granite and limestone.
Dimensions:
Base: approx. H. 28 ft.
Inscription:
(On front of base:) Wife of/David Crockett/(Raised lettering:) CROCKETT (On left and right sides of base around State Seal of Texas:) 1788 1860/1911 unsigned
Description:
A tall granite shaft is surmounted by a marble figure of Elizabeth Crockett as a young woman. She stands, shading her eyes with her proper left hand. She wears a long, short-sleeved dress with a scarf around her neck. The shaft is decorated with a palm leaf in bas-relief on the front, and the State of Texas seal on the left and right sides. The shaft has a rough-hewn bottom tier and is set upon a limestone base. The entire memorial is fenced.
Subject:
Portrait female -- Crockett, Davy, Mrs. (Elizabeth Patton) -- Full length
Dress -- Historic -- Pioneer Dress
History -- United States -- Westward Expansion
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by State of Texas, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, 4200 Smith School Road, Austin, Texas 78744
Located Acton State Park, In Acton State Cemetery, Hood County, Texas
Remarks:
The sculpture marks the grave of Elizabeth Crockett, second wife of Davy Crockett. It was installed by the State of Texas and the people of Hood County. State Senator Pierce Ward (an orphan), vowed to honor pioneer mothers, and oversaw the design, fundraising and erection of the memorial. The state and county each appropriated $2,000 for the project.
Granite gravemarker in front of sculpture reads: Mrs. Elizabeth Crockett, wife of David Crockett/Born in Buncomb Co., N.C. May 22 1788/Married to David Crockett in Lawrence Co., Tenn 1815./Died in Johnson Co. now Hood Co. Jan 31, 1860,/Age 72 years.
IAS files contain a related excerpt from Thomas T. Ewell's "History of Hood County," Granbury, TX: The Junior Woman's Club, 1956, pg. iii-iv; and an article from Hood County News, June 27, 1976.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1993.
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 TX001100
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Inventory of American Sculpture
TX001100
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