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The Angel of the Sepulchre, (sculpture). Artist:  Palmer, Erastus Dow, 1817-1904, sculptor. Title:  The Angel of the Sepulchre, (sculpture). Dates:  1868. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: marble; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 63 x 30 x 38 in.; Base: approx. 63 x 55 x 61 in. Inscription:  (On proper right side of self-base:) WHY SEEK YE (On front of self-base:) THE LIVING (On proper left side of self-base:) AMONG THE DEAD (On back of sculpture:) E. D. PALMER 1868 (On front of base:) EMMA RATHBONE TURNER/WIFE OF/ROBERT LENOX BANKS,/AUGUST 21ST, 1835,/DECEMBER 4TH, 1866 (On proper left side of base:) ROBERT LENOX BANKS/MARCH 6TH 1828/NOVEMBER 7TH 1898/MARY A. G. DE CAMP/HIS WIFE/JULY 19TH 1843/JUNE 10TH 1935 (On back of base:) ROBERT LENOX BANKS/1864-1922/EFFIE HUNTER KEAYS/HIS WIFE/1872-1937 (On proper right side of base:) ERASTUS CORNING/SON OF/EMMA RATHBONE TURNER/AND/ROBERT LENOX BANKS/DECEMBER 4TH. 1866/AUGUST 10TH, 1869 signed Description:  Full-length figure of a male angel. He is seated on a stone and wears long robes. His proper right hand rests on his proper right knee. The marble sculpture stands on a granite base. Subject:  Religion -- Angel Religion -- New Testament -- Crucifixion Homage -- Turner, Emma Rathbone Homage -- Banks, Robert Lenox Homage -- Banks, Robert Lenox, Mrs. (Mary Augusta Green de Camp) Homage -- Banks, Robert Lenox Homage -- Keays, Effie Hunter Homage -- Corning, Erastus Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York Gravestone Sculpture Owner:  Restricted Owner, Albany County, New York References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994. Webster, J. Carson, "Erastus D. Palmer," Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1983, pg. 141. Illustration:  Image on file. Webster, J. Carson, "Erastus D. Palmer," Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1983, pl. 126, 127. 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 NY001450   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NY001450 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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