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    		• Homage -- Kerr, George
     
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    		• Occupation -- Service
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Brooklyn
     
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    Monument to George Kerr (1816-1848), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Monument to George Kerr (1816-1848), (sculpture).
    Medium: 
    Marble.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Kerr, George
    Occupation -- Service -- Fireman
    Object Type: 
    Sculpture
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Brooklyn
    Gravestone
    Owner: 
    Green-Wood Cemetery, 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, New York 11232
    Remarks: 
    The volunteer firemen of New York City raised funds to erect a Firemen's Monument following the deaths of George Kerr (1816-1848) and Henry Fargis, who were killed when a wall collapsed on them. This monument to George Kerr stands to the right of the Firemen's Monument.
    References: 
    Richmond, Jeffrey I., "Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery: New York's Buried Treasure," Brooklyn, NY: Green-Wood Cemetery, 2008, pg. 45.
    Illustration: 
    Richmond, Jeffrey I., "Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery: New York's Buried Treasure," Brooklyn, NY: Green-Wood Cemetery, 2008, pg. 46.
    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 68320013
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