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Walker, Nellie Verne,
Figure female -- Child
Figure group -- Female
Dress -- Historic
Homage -- Diggins, Delos F.
Homage -- Diggins, Esther C.
Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Cadillac
Gravestone
Relief
Sculpture
Delos Diggins Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Walker, Nellie Verne, 1874-1973, sculptor.
Title:
Delos Diggins Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
Before 1913.
Medium:
Westerly granite.
Dimensions:
Approx. 9 x 8 x 4 ft.
Inscription:
(Incised at bottom:) "THAT BEST PORTION OF A GOOD MAN'S LIFE.-/HIS LITTLE, NAMELESS, UNREMEMBERED ACTS OF KINDNESS AND OF LOVE." (On recessed plaque in raised letters:) DELOS F. DIGGINS/MAY 16, 1852/SEPT. 7, 1907/ESTHER C. DIGGINS/MAY 31, 1858/OCT. 19, 1915 unsigned
Description:
Relief of three Classically robed female figures and a child, possibly female, on a rough-hewn marker. The figure on the far left bends over the child, grasping the child's hands with her proper right hand; and reaching out with her proper left hand to grasp the hand of the center figure. The center figure turns and looks downward at the child. The woman's proper left hand is held up to her own shoulder, holding the outstretched hand of the far right figure, who is seen in profile, her hair in a bun.
Subject:
Figure female -- Child
Figure group -- Female
Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress
Homage -- Diggins, Delos F.
Homage -- Diggins, Esther C.
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Cadillac
Gravestone
Relief
Sculpture
Owner:
Located In cemetery across from Holiday Inn, Cadillac, Michigan
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MI5007, 1989.
Monumental News, Jan. 1913, pg. 37.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Monumental News, Jan. 1913, pg. 37.
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 MI000581
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Inventory of American Sculpture
MI000581
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