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Thomas Melville Purves, (sculpture). Artist:  Beckwith, W. N., sculptor. Title:  Thomas Melville Purves, (sculpture). Dates:  1989. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bust: bronze; Base: granite, polished gray with black specks; Foundation: concrete. Dimensions:  Bust: approx. 20 x 12 x 10 in.; Base: approx. 50 x 18 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.; Foundation: approx. 5 ft. x 5 ft. Inscription:  (Incised on front bottom edge of sculpture:) W. N Beckwill (On front of base:) THOMAS MELVILLE/PURVES/BORN/MAR. 8, 1820/MARION CO., ALA./DIED/MAY 9, 1911/PURVIS, MISS./FOUNDER OF/THE CITY OF/PURVIS (On back of base:) ERECTED IN 1989 BY THE LAMAR/COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN/OBSERVANCE OF THE CENTENNIAL/OF THE CITY OF PURVIS. signed Description:  A life-sized bust of Thomas Melville Purves atop a rectangular polished granite base. Purves has a long beard and moustache. Subject:  Portrait male -- Purves, Thomas Melville -- Bust Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Purvis Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Lamar County Historical Society, P. O. Box 289, Purvis, Mississippi 39475 Located 200 Block of Shelby Speights Drive, Purvis, Mississippi Remarks:  Statue was erected at what was once the local railroad depot by the Lamar County Historical Society in observance of the City's centennial. It commemorates the town's founder, Thomas Melville Purves. (In the 1870's, Purves acquired a land grant. In 1883, when the railroad came through town, and gained right-of-way through his property, they erected a station and sign, with the mis-spelling Purvis, which became the town's name. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi 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 MS000051   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MS000051 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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