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Monument to Ephraim McDowell, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  Monument to Ephraim McDowell, (sculpture). Other Titles:  (Dr. Ephraim McDowell), (sculpture). Medium:  Bronze and stone. Dimensions:  Obelisk: approx. H. 20 ft.; Base: approx. 6.5 x 5.5 x 5.5 ft. Inscription:  (On front of base:) MCD (monogram, with HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE inscribed in a banner)/A GRATEFUL/PROFESSION/REVERES HIS MEMORY/AND TREASURES/HIS EXAMPLE (encircled by wreath)/MCDOWELL (West side of base:) BORN/IN ROCKBRIDGE CO. VA. 1771./ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY/OF EDINBURGH 1793./LOCATED AT DANVILLE KY. 1795/PERFORMED THE FIRST/OVARIOTOMY 1809./DIED 1830. (encircled by snake biting its tail) (On back of base:) ERECTED BY THE/KENTUCKY STATE/MEDICAL SOCIETY/1879. (East side of base:) BENEATH THIS SHAFT RESTS/EPHRAIM MCDOWELL, M. D./THE FATHER OF OVARIOTOMY/WHO BY ORIGINATING A GREAT SURGICAL/OPERATION BECAME THE BENEFACTOR OF/HIS RACE. KNOWN AND HONORED/THROUGHOUT THE CIVILIZED WORLD. Description:  Tall obelisk on stepped base with ornate moldings. Front of obelisk carries a circular bronze plaque with a bust of the deceased in high relief. Man wears jacket, waistcoat, and tie and gazes straight forward. Subject:  Portrait male -- McDowell, Ephraim -- Bust Occupation -- Medicine -- Doctor Animal -- Reptile -- Snake Object Type:  Obelisk Gravestone Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Danville Sculpture Owner:  Presbyterian Church, 500 West Main Street, Cemetery, Danville, Kentucky 40422 References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kentucky 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 KY000015   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture KY000015 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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