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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Muldoon and Company,     Homage -- Hill, Bettie A. (Elizabeth A. Hill)     Homage -- Hill, William E.     Religion -- Angel     Occupation -- Monetary     Object -- Musical Instrument     Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Keytesville     Gravestone     Sculpture

(Bettie's Angel), (sculpture). Artist:  Muldoon and Company, fabricator. Title:  (Bettie's Angel), (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1870. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: Italian white marble. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 4 ft.; Base: approx. H. 7 ft. Inscription:  (Right side of base:) MULDOON & Co./St. LOUIS (Front of base:) (Raised lettering:) BETTIE./(Incised lettering:) Once a dear Wife & Mother/Now an Angel in Heaven./(Lower tier, raised lettering:) HILL. (Right side of base:) SACRED/TO THE MEMORY OF/BETTIE A./ONLY CHILD OF WM. & NANCY REDDING/& WIFE OF/WM. E. HILL/GIVEN TO HER PARENTS./JAN. 1, 1833./TO HER HUSBAND./SEPT. 1, 1854./RECALLED TO HER MAKER./NOV. 25, 1869. (Rear of base:) (...illegible 14 lines, includes the words "HUSBAND" and "BETTIE") (Left side of base:) WM. E. HILL./FEB. 2, 1823./FEB. 16, 1912./AMIABLE AND BELOVED HUSBAND/AND FATHER, FAREWELL!/NOT ON THIS PERISHING STONE,/BUT IN THE BOOK OF LIFE, AND IN/THE HEARTS OF THY AFFLICTED/FRIENDS IS THY WORTH RECORDED. unsigned Founder's mark appears. Description:  An angel with a large set of wings stands draped in a full-length, gown, with toes visible beneath the hem. The angel's proper left arm extends slightly away from her body, the palm of the hand facing out. In her proper right hand she holds a small trumpet to her chest. The angel looks toward heaven. The sculpture is mounted upon a tall base within a fenced cemetery plot. Subject:  Homage -- Hill, Bettie A. (Elizabeth A. Hill) Homage -- Hill, William E. Religion -- Angel Occupation -- Monetary -- Banker Object -- Musical Instrument -- Trumpet Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Keytesville Gravestone Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Keytesville, Keytesville, Missouri Located Keytesville Cemetery, Hill-Redding plot, northeast corner of cemetery, on Mulberry Street, Keytesville, Missouri Remarks:  The sculpture marks the graves of Bettie A. Hill (Elizabeth A. Hill) (1833-1869), and her husband, William E. Hill (1823-1912). Mr. Hill founded the Bank of Keytesville in 1872. IAS files contain: an excerpt from Friends of Keytesville, Missouri, 1833-1983, 150 Years, Vol. I," Shawnee Mission, KS: Kes-Print, 1983, pg. 167-168; a clipping from an unidentified source, probably from the Chariton Courier, May 29, 1980; and a fact sheet from The Friends of Keytesville. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Friends of Keytesville "Keytesville, Missouri, 1833-1983, Vol. I," Shawnee Mission, KS: Kes-Print, 1983, pg. 168. 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 MO000377   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MO000377 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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