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    		• Underwood, Charles,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Martin, Eberle
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Landscape -- Tree
     
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    		• Animal -- Squirrel
     
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    		• Animal -- Dog
     
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    		• Animal -- Fox
     
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    		• Object -- Foodstuff
     
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    		• Object -- Weapon
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Mitchell
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Gravestone
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Eberle Martin Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Underwood, Charles, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Eberle Martin Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    After 1891.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: limestone; Base: limestone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 70 x 18 x 17 in.; Base: approx. 21 x 45 x 30 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On proper left side of trunk, near bottom:) C. Underwood (On front of trunk, incised lettering:) EBERLE/MARTIN/BORN SEPT. 1867/CAME TO/MITCHELL/1891 (On left side of base:) C. Underwood signed
    Description: 
    A gravestone sculpture consisting of a tree trunk containing the bas-relief portrait of Eberle Martin in proper right profile from the neck up. He wears a brimmed hat and a collar is evident around his neck. The portrait is raised and framed by twisted branches. At the bottom of the trunk is a parchment (or bark) on which is the low relief outline of a squirrel standing on a log holding a nut in its front claws. A flintlock rifle and a powder horn are carved in high relief on the right side of the tree trunk. The trunk is mounted on a base resembling the striated rock of a canyon or cliffside. Two hounds chases a fox around the base.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Martin, Eberle -- Head
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Landscape -- Tree
    Animal -- Squirrel
    Animal -- Dog
    Animal -- Fox
    Object -- Foodstuff -- Nuts
    Object -- Weapon -- Gun
    Object -- Other -- Powder Horn
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Mitchell
    Relief
    Gravestone
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Mitchell, 407 South Sixth, Mitchell, Indiana 47446
    Located Mitchell Cemetery, Mitchell, Indiana
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture marks the grave of fox hunter Eberle Martin who was born in 1867 and came to Mitchell, Indiana in 1891. It appears as if the sculpture was left unfinished as no death date has been inscribed for the deceased and the squirrel relief has not been completed. IAS files contain a related excerpt from Warren E. Roberts' "Viewpoints on Folklife," 1988, pg. 148 and 155.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Roberts, Warren E., "Viewpoints on Folklife," 1988, pg. 155.
    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 IN000915
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