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Lithgow Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Muldoon, Michael, 1836-1911, sculptor. Title:  Lithgow Monument, (sculpture). Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: marble; Base: stone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 20 x 10 x 10 ft.; Base: approx. 18 in. x 12 ft. x 12 ft. Inscription:  (On bottom of sculpture:) M. Muldoon (On one side of sculpture, raised:) LITHGOW (On other side of sculpture, raised:) SMYSER (On sculpture: panels of text) signed Description:  A multitiered monument featuring Angel Gabriel on top, sitting with her proper raised to her forehead and her proper left arm holding a horn in her lap. Four figures representing Faith, Hope, Mercy and Religion are beneath her at four corners, facing out. Subject:  Religion -- New Testament -- Gabriel Allegory -- Religion Allegory -- Quality -- Faith Allegory -- Quality -- Hope Allegory -- Quality -- Charity Object -- Musical Instrument -- Horn Homage -- Lithgow, Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Louisville Sculpture Owner:  Cave Hill National Cemetery, 701 Baxter Avenue, Section C, Lots 13 & 14, Louisville, Kentucky 40204 Remarks:  The monument was originally intended for Joseph Bond, who was interred in Macon, Georgia's Rose Cemetery in 1859. It had been sent from Italy and was confiscated by Union troops in Louisville. When it could not be sent on to Georgia, Muldoon set it up on his father-in-law's lot and ordered a duplicate for Bond after the war. IAS files contain related article from Samuel W. Thomas' "Cave Hill Cemetery," Louisville, KY: Cave Hill Cemetery Company, 1985, pg. 86. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kentucky survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. Thomas, Samuel W. "Cave Hill Cemetery," Louisville, KY: Cave Hill Cemetery Company, 1985, pg. 86. 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 KY000070   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture KY000070 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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