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Homage -- Eldredge, Marcellus
Homage -- Eldredge, Mary Evelina
Homage -- Dill, Olivia Augusta
Religion -- Angel
Object -- Musical Instrument
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Gravestone
Sculpture
Eldredge Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Eldredge Memorial, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Eldredge Family Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1898.
Medium:
Sculpture: granite; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 11.8 x 8.33 x 5.33 ft.; Base: approx. 1.16 x 12 x 8.7 ft.
Inscription:
(Rear of sculpture, incised lettering:) MARCELLUS ELDREDGE/NOV. 24, 1838/MAR. 12, 1898/--/HIS WIFE/MARY EVELINA ELDREDGE/FEB. 14, 1840/MAR. 13, 1898/--/HER SISTER/OLIVIA AUGUSTA DILL/MAY 22, 1848/DEC. 8, 1892 (Front of base, raised lettering:) ELDREDGE unsigned
Description:
A deep bas-relief of two robed angels, one standing and one kneeling, in profile. The standing angel has a large set of wings and blows on a trumpet held in her proper left hand, her proper right hand rests on the shoulder of an angel kneeling on her proper right side. The kneeling angel's head is bowed and her hands are clasped over her proper left knee. Acanthus leaves decorate the top and bottom of the monument.
Subject:
Homage -- Eldredge, Marcellus
Homage -- Eldredge, Mary Evelina
Homage -- Dill, Olivia Augusta
Religion -- Angel
Object -- Musical Instrument -- Trumpet
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Gravestone
Sculpture
Owner:
Forest Hills Cemetery, 95 Forest Hills Avenue, Lot 4353, Magnolia Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02130
Remarks:
The memorial marks the graves of Marcellus Eldredge (1838-1898); his wife, Mary Evelina Eldredge (1840-1898), who died one day after her husband, and Mrs. Eldredge's sister, Olivia Augusta Dill (1848-1892). IAS files contain the April 9, 1898 cemetery agreement for Lot 4353.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts 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 MA000131
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