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    		• Wis. Rose Red,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Hill, Harlan Henry
     
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    		• Occupation -- Medicine
     
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    		• Emblem
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Little Rock
     
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    		• Gravestone
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    (Dr. Hill Memorial), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Wis. Rose Red, fabricator.
    Title: 
    (Dr. Hill Memorial), (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Oct. 1965 (?).
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: red granite; Base: red granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. 6 in. x 6 ft. 7 in. x 1 ft. 7 in.; Base: approx. 7 in. x 6 ft. 8 in. x 1 ft. 10 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Inside diamond-shaped fabricator's mark on rear, lower left side of sculpture:) WIS/ROSE/RED (On square section of sculpture on front proper right, below bust, incised lettering:) BE NOT SIMPLY GOOD,/BE SIMPLY GOOD FOR SOMETHING,/NO ONE IS USELESS IN THIS WORLD/WHO LIGHTENS THE BURDEN OF ANOTHER./DR.HARLAN HENRY HILL (On rectangular section of sculpture on proper right, both front and rear sides:) HILL unsigned Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Gravemarker for Dr. Harlan Henry Hill, with a relief bust of the deceased in shorter rectangular slab on left, and with taller vertical slab on right decorated with a relief of a caduceus symbol at top, below that inscribed HILL and inset floral decorations in rectangular arrangement. The entire memorial sits atop a rusticated red granite base.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Hill, Harlan Henry -- Bust
    Occupation -- Medicine -- Doctor
    Emblem
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Little Rock
    Gravestone
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Roselawn Cemetery Corporation, 2801 Asher Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204
    Located Roselawn Cemetery, Woodale Section, Lot 146, Little Rock, Arkansas
    Remarks: 
    Dr. Harlan Hill was a prominent Little Rock obstetrician who was accidentally shot and killed by his own gun during a hunting accident near Hensley. Nearby plaque reads: Harlan Henry Hill M.D./October 12, 1914/October 6, 1965. IAS files contain a transcription of Dr. Hill's obituary from the Arkansas Gazette, Oct. 8, 1965, pg. 2A. For further obituary information see the Arkansas Gazette, Oct. 9, 1965, pg. 9B.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arkansas 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 AR000212
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