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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Northfield
     
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    Capt. Richard Beers Grave Marker, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Capt. Richard Beers Grave Marker, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1897.
    Medium: 
    Granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 40 x 29 x 16 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On front:) THE GRAVE OF/CAPT. RICHARD BEERS/KILLED NEAR THIS/SPOT BY INDIANS/SEPT. 4, 1675. unsigned
    Description: 
    A rectangular granite grave marker.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Beers, Richard
    History -- United States -- Colonization
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Northfield
    Gravestone
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Northfield, Northfield Historical Commission, Main Street, Northfield, Massachusetts 01360
    Located South Mountain Road, Northfield, Massachusetts 01360
    Remarks: 
    IAS files contain a copy of the Massachusetts Historical Commission Form C - Monuments questionnaire dated May 1977. The form notes that at one time the marker was topped with a wrought iron cross bearing the inscription: 1607-1773 Society of Colonial Wars.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
    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 MA000721
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