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Unknown (German),
Portrait male -- Dinsmoor, John C.
Occupation -- Industry
Architecture -- Machine
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Marietta
Gravestone
Sculpture
Dinsmoor's Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown (German), sculptor.
Title:
Dinsmoor's Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1919.
Medium:
Sculpture: stone; Base: stone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 40 in.; Base: approx. 12 ft. 7 in. x 85 in. x 85 in.
Inscription:
(On front of base:) 'D'/FLT (In rings:) B.P.O.E./JOHN C. DINSMOOR/MARCH 21, 1838/MAY 18, 1919/UNCLE JOHN/HIS SOUL WAS LIKE A STAR AND DWELT APART/DINSMOOR (On three sides:) DINSMOOR unsigned
Description:
Ornate marker topped with a seated figure of John Dinsmoor. He is bearded, wears an early twentieth century suit, and rests his proper left arm on an oil derrick. The base includes decorative features such as an elk's head, columns with foliated capitals, incised leaves and a cornice centered with a letter "D."
Subject:
Portrait male -- Dinsmoor, John C. -- Full length
Occupation -- Industry -- Oil
Architecture -- Machine -- Oil Rig
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Marietta
Gravestone
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Marietta, Cemetery Department, Eighth & Wooster Streets, Marietta, Ohio 45750
Located Oak Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio
Remarks:
This monument was carved in Germany and shipped in four pieces.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Columbus survey, 1994.
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 OH000306
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Inventory of American Sculpture
OH000306
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