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    		• Walker, Nellie Verne,
     
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    		• Figure group
     
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    		• Religion -- Angel
     
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    		• Homage -- Diggins, Fred A.
     
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    		• Homage -- Diggins, Carrie E.
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Object -- Flower
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Cadillac
     
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    		• Gravestone
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Diggins Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Walker, Nellie Verne, 1874-1973, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Diggins Memorial, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Fred and Carrie Diggins Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1914.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 6 ft. x 2 ft. 8 in.; Base: approx. 6 x 15 x 5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On plinth:) NELLIE V. WALKER Sc. (Incised on left flanking pillar:) FRED A. DIGGINS/JULY 8, 1862/JULY 7, 1914/CARRIE E. DIGGINS/SEPT. 29, 1866/OCT 30, 1914 signed
    Description: 
    Grouping of three figures, an angel leading a couple, flanked by squared pillars. The angel stands in a long gown, hooded cloak and has large feathered wings. She holds a small, lighted lamp in her upraised proper left hand. Beside the angel is a man holding a staff in his proper left hand and wearing a coat. He holds the hand of the woman standing next to him. She carries flowers in her proper right hand and rests her head on his proper right shoulder. A coat draped over her shoulder, billows at her back. The figures are placed on a base, flanked by two squared pillars. The flanking left pillar is inscribed with the Diggins' names; the right pillar is incised with a depiction of a torch.
    Subject: 
    Figure group
    Religion -- Angel
    Homage -- Diggins, Fred A.
    Homage -- Diggins, Carrie E.
    Object -- Other -- Torch
    Dress -- Accessory -- Cane
    Object -- Flower
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Cadillac
    Gravestone
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Located In cemetery across from Holiday Inn, Cadillac, Michigan
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan 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 MI000580
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