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Unknown (Italian),
Figure female -- Child
Homage -- De Graffenreid, Mary
Architecture -- Other
Gravestone
Outdoor Sculpture -- South Carolina -- Chester
Sculpture
Mary De Graffenreid Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown (Italian), sculptor.
Title:
Mary De Graffenreid Monument, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Our First Born, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated ca. 1858.
Medium:
Sculpture: marble; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. x 3 ft. 8 in. x 2 ft. 5 in.; Base: approx. 1 ft. 4 in. x 4 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. 1 in.
Inscription:
(On front of sculpture, raised:) OUR FIRST BORN (On back of sculpture:) MARY/daughter of Charner & Mary DeGraffenreid/born May 15, 1853 died April 22, 1857./Dear little Mary no tears are shed because your heavenly Father has taken/you to himself, yet tears are shed at our early bereavement though no sorrow/not without hope for thou art our con ecting (sic) link which draws us nearer heaven. unsigned
Description:
A young girl in long gown reclines on a bed underneath a classically-styled pavilion. She holds flowers in her proper right hand. Her proper left arm supports her head. The pavilion roof is supported by four columns and is decorated with a shell motif and curvilinear flourishes. Sculpture is mounted on a base.
Subject:
Figure female -- Child -- Full length
Homage -- De Graffenreid, Mary
Architecture -- Other -- Gazebo
Object Type:
Gravestone
Outdoor Sculpture -- South Carolina -- Chester
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Chester, City Manager's Office, Chester, Chester, South Carolina 28706
Located Evergreen Cemetery, Cemetery Street, Chester, South Carolina
Remarks:
According to legend, the child, daughter of a wealthy area planter, was burned in a fire. IAS files contain related information from "A Goodly Heritage," compiled by Anne P. Collins, Collins Publications, Columbia, SC, 1986, pg. 70.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Carolina 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 SC000126
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
SC000126
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