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Muldoon Monument Company,
Figure female -- Full length
Architecture -- Boat
Religion -- New Testament
Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Pinewood
Sculpture
Graham Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Muldoon Monument Company, fabricator.
Title:
Graham Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1893.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Gray-white marble and gray granite on a gray-white marble base.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. x 30 in. x 30 in.; Base: approx. 27 ft. x 8 ft. x 57 in.
Inscription:
(On front of marble base:) SAML LOWRY GRAHAM./Son of John & Martha Graham/Born in Rowan Co. NC Nov 18, 1812/Died Jan 8, 1892/FRANCIS ELIZABETH/and wife of S. L. Graham/Daughter of Capt. M. & Ann Helen/Born in Columbia, Tenn./Feb 6, 1824/Died Sep 30, 1863/THOMASELLA/and wife of S. L. Graham/Daughter of Thos. & Bethemia Hardeman Born in Franklin Tenn April 15, 1837/Died Aug. 10, 1870 (Additional inscriptions for other family members on sides and back of marble base)
Description:
A classically draped female figure in a relaxed contraposto pose atop a tall octagonal shaft. Her head is slightly lowered and her proper right hand is raised to her chest. Her proper left hand is on a large anchor which rests on the plinth on her proper left side. Carved drapery covers the upper third of the shaft. A winged putto is seated on either side of the tiered base of the shaft.
Subject:
Figure female -- Full length
Architecture -- Boat -- Detail
Religion -- New Testament -- Angel
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Pinewood
Sculpture
Owner:
Owned by Boyce, W. H., New Port Richey, Florida
Located Highway 48 at Pinewood Road, Pinewood, Tennessee
Remarks:
This monument to Samuel Lowry Graham stands about one-tenth of a mile from his former home (now destroyed).
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992.
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 TN000169
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