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Thompson, Launt,
Portrait male -- Dickinson, Daniel Stevens
Homage -- Dickinson, Lydia Knapp
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York
Gravestone
Sculpture
Dickinson Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Thompson, Launt, 1833-1894, sculptor.
Title:
Dickinson Memorial, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Dickenson Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
1870.
Medium:
Medallion: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 20 in. x W. 16 in.; Base: approx. 77 x 20 x 66 in.
Inscription:
L. Thompson sc 70' (On front bottom of base, incised lettering:) DICKINSON (On rear bottom of base, incised lettering:) SACRED TO THE BELOVED MEMORY OF/DANIEL STEVENS DICKINSON,/BORN SEPTEMBER 11TH 1800,/DIED APRIL 12TH 1866./"THE CONFLICT IS STRONG BUT/THE OTHER SIDE IS OURS."/"TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND/IS NOT TO DIE."/LYDIA KNAPP DICKINSON,/BORN JUNE 21ST 1803./DIED APRIL 8TH 1880./"THINE FOR EVER, GOD OF LOVE." signed
Description:
An oval relief portrait of Daniel S. Dickinson is mounted on the front of an obelisk-shaped base. He is shown in proper right profile with hair off his forehead falling to the nape of his neck. The base has a decorative crested projection at the midpoint on each side.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Dickinson, Daniel Stevens -- Head
Homage -- Dickinson, Lydia Knapp
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York
Gravestone
Sculpture
Owner:
Restricted Owner, Broome County, New York
Remarks:
The sculpture marks the grave of Daniel S. Dickinson (1800-1866), who served as a New York State Senator and a United States Senator. The sculpture also marks the grave of Lydia Knapp Dickinson (1803-1880) and all of the Dickinson family. IAS files contain an excerpt from Marjory Barnum Hinman's "Daniel S. Dickinson: Defender of the Constitution," 1987, pg. 214.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
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 NY000777
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
NY000777
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