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Sarah Knower Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Palmer, Erastus Dow, 1817-1904, sculptor. Title:  Sarah Knower Monument, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Sleep, (sculpture). Dates:  1850s. Medium:  Marble. Dimensions:  Sculpture relief: approx. H. 81 in. Inscription:  "OUR DEAR LITTLE/[SARAH]/AGED 4 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS," (Below the relief:) "HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP."/EDMUND MARCY/AGED 21 YEARS unsigned Description:  A large urn with an oval relief "Sleep" on one side. Subject:  Homage -- Knower, Sarah Homage -- Knower, Edmund Marcy State of Being -- Other -- Sleep Object -- Other -- Vase Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York Gravestone Relief Sculpture Owner:  Restricted Owner, Albany County, New York Remarks:  Sculpture marks the graves of Sarah Knower and Edmund Marcy Knower. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994. Webster, J. Carson, "Erastus D. Palmer," Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1983, pg. 140. Illustration:  Webster, J. Carson, "Erastus D. Palmer," Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1983, pl. 54. 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 NY000480   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NY000480 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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