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Figure female -- Full length
Object -- Flower
Emblem
Gravestone
Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Oakland
Sculpture
Grave Marker of Abraham B. King, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Grave Marker of Abraham B. King, (sculpture).
Medium:
Figure: white stone; Base: gray marble.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 5 x 1 x 1 ft.; Base: approx. 6 x 1.5 x 1.5 ft.
Inscription:
(On upper front of base:) ABRAHAM B. KING/DIED/MARCH 12, 1895,/AGE/34 YRS. 9 MOS. & 15 DYS./A PRECIOUS ONE FROM US HAS GONE,/A VOICE WE LOVED IS STILLED;/A PLACE IS VACANT IN OUR HEARTS,/WHICH NEVER CAN BE FILLED (On lower front of base, raised:) KING (On lower back of base:) "Sullivan/Piedmont, W.Va." unsigned
Description:
A barefoot, female figure wearing a long robe and a star above her forehead and carrying flowers in her proper left hand stands atop a tall multitiered base with inscriptions.
Subject:
Figure female -- Full length
Object -- Flower
Emblem
Object Type:
Gravestone
Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Oakland
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Oakland City Hall, 15 South Third Street, Oakland, Maryland 21550
Located Oakland Cemetery, Near entrance from Fifth Street, Oakland, Maryland
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland 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 MD000066
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
MD000066
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