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Monumental Bronze Company,
Figure female -- Full length
Architecture -- Boat
Homage -- Gray, W. L.
Homage -- Gray, Amanda
Homage -- Gray, Jason E.
Homage -- Gray, Willie L.
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Watertown
Gravestone
Sculpture
W. L. Gray, (sculpture).
Artist:
Monumental Bronze Company, founder.
Title:
W. L. Gray, (sculpture).
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figure: zinc; Base: zinc.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 4 ft. x 14 in. x 14 in.; Base: approx. 5 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 ft.
Inscription:
(On front midsection of base, raised:) AMANDA V./WIFE OF/W. L. GRAY,/DIED/MAY 6 1891,/AGE/56 YRS 4 MO'S 17 D'YS (On lower front of base, raised:) W. L. GRAY (On side of base:) Jas. E./died July 28, 1868/age/5 mos. 17 dys./buried at Bethel Ill./Willie L./died/Aug 19, 1876/age 3 yrs. 28 dys./Children of/W. L. & Amanda Gray (On other side of base:) We may not sunder the view/apart/That hides from our vision/The gates of day/We only know that their bark/no more/May sail with us over life's/stormy sea/Yet somewhere, I know on the/unseen shore/They watch and beckon and wait/for me unsigned
Description:
A female figure with long tresses, dressed in a long flowing tunic, stands with her proper left hand placed upon her chest while her proper right hand rests on an upright anchor by her side. The figure is placed atop an inscribed base.
Subject:
Figure female -- Full length
Architecture -- Boat -- Detail
Homage -- Gray, W. L.
Homage -- Gray, Amanda
Homage -- Gray, Jason E.
Homage -- Gray, Willie L.
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Watertown
Gravestone
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by North Watertown Cemetery Association, 811 Bradley Street, Watertown, New York 13601
Located North Watertown Cemetery, Southern section, Watertown, New York
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 NY000442
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Inventory of American Sculpture
NY000442
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