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Figure female -- Child
Recreation -- Church
Object -- Other
Homage -- Hotchkiss, Hariett Sims
Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- Shreveport
Gravestone
Sculpture
Hariett Sims Hotchkiss Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Hariett Sims Hotchkiss Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1857.
Medium:
Sculpture: white marble; Base: white marble.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 2 x 1.5 x 1.5 ft.; Base: approx. 5.5 x 2 x 2 ft.
Inscription:
(On urn:) Hariett/Sims/Hotchkiss (On front of base:) SACRED/to the memory of/HARIETT SIMS,/daughter of THOMAS P. & NANCY HOTCHKISS/born at Shreveport/February 11th, 1846/died October 3d, 1856./Are they not all ministering/spirits, sent forth to minister for/them who shall be heirs of Salvation/HEB. I. XIV./For I say unto you, that in heaven/their angels do always behold/the face of my Father which is/in heaven.../MATT. XVIII.X unsigned
Description:
Full-length marble figure of a girl kneeling in prayer. She wears long robes, her head is covered with a draped scarf. She kneels on her proper right knee, her hands are clasped in prayer. She gazes upward. To her proper right is a covered urn. The sculpture sits atop a tall, square marble pedestal.
Subject:
Figure female -- Child -- Full length
Recreation -- Church -- Prayer
Object -- Other -- Vase
Homage -- Hotchkiss, Hariett Sims
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- Shreveport
Gravestone
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Shreveport, Division of Parks and Recreation, 1234 Texas Avenue, Shreveport, Louisiana 71101
Located Oakland Cemetery, Milam Street at Grand Avenue, Shreveport, Louisiana
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Louisiana survey, 1997.
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 LA000499
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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