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(Corrine Elliot Lawton), (sculpture). Artist:  Palermo, Civiletti, sculptor. Title:  (Corrine Elliot Lawton), (sculpture). Dates:  1879. Relocated April 26, 1898. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: marble; Base: marble. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 4 ft. x 3 ft. x 29 in.; Base: approx. 23 in. x 8 ft. 2 in. x 5 ft. 2 in. Inscription:  CIVILETTI PALERMO/1879 (Front of base, incised lettering:) CORRINE ELIOT LAWTON/DIED JANUARY 24th 1877/Allured to brighter worlds/and led the way. signed Description:  A gravemarker with a full-length figure of a woman kneeling on steps before a cross, a wreath by her feet. Her hands are crossed in her lap, with the palm of her proper right hand facing upward. She wears robes, with a bared proper left shoulder, and has upswept hair. The sculpture marks the grave of Corinne Elliot Lawton. Subject:  Homage -- Lawton, Corinne Elliot Figure female -- Full length Emblem -- Cross Object -- Other -- Wreath Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Savannah Gravestone Sculpture Owner:  Bonaventure Cemetery, Bonaventure Road, Section H, Lot 166-167, Savannah, Georgia 31404 Provenance:  Formerly located Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia Remarks:  Corrine Elliot Lawton died on Jan. 24, 1877, just prior to her wedding day. The sculpture was made in Italy. It was relocated from Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia, to its present site in 1898. IAS files newspaper articles from: Savannah Sunday Magazine, Oct. 11, 1959; Savannah Morning News, Aug. 10, 1980, Sect. E. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Savannah Morning News, Aug. 10, 1980, Sect. E. 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 GA000629   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture GA000629 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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