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    		• Detroit Bronze Company,
     
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    		• Homage -- Knight, Carrie
     
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    		• Religion -- God
     
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    		• Children
     
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    		• Emblem -- Cross
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Architecture -- Boat
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Altadena
     
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    		• Gravestone
     
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    		• Obelisk
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    (Knight Family Headstone), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Detroit Bronze Company, founder.
    Title: 
    (Knight Family Headstone), (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Knight Family Obelisk, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1931. Installed Dec. 23, 1931.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: bronze.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 7 x 2 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 8 x 33 x 33 in.
    Inscription: 
    Detroit Bronze Co./Detroit, Mich. (On front of sculpture, raised lettering:) GONE HOME/MOTHER/CARRIE/WIFE OF/W. T. KNIGHT/DIED OCTOBER 17, 1884/AGED/40 YEARS 3 MONTHS 8 DAYS/KNIGHT (On right side of sculpture, raised lettering:) THE/LITTLE ONES/(Names of three children) unsigned Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    An obelisk decorated on the right side with a scene of God and three children; a cross and crown on the opposite side, and an anchor on another side. The obelisk is decorated with leaves and swaged drapery cords at the top, with includes an ornamented pyramid. The obelisk has four tiers.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Knight, Carrie
    Religion -- God
    Children
    Emblem -- Cross
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Architecture -- Boat -- Detail
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Altadena
    Gravestone
    Obelisk
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Pasadena Cemetery Association, 2400 North Fair Oaks Avenue, Altadena, California 91001
    Located Mountain View Cemetery, 2300 North Marengo, Lot 23 Map 4C, Altadena, California
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture marks the graves of members of the Knight family, including three children who died before reaching the age of one year, and their mother, Carrie Knight, wife of W. T. Knight, who died in 1884 at the age of 40.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, California 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 CA001207
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