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Magoun Family Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  Magoun Family Monument, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Thatcher Magoun Monument, (sculpture). Medium:  Sculpture: marble. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 5 ft.; Base: approx. 5 x 4 x 4 ft. Inscription:  (On front of base:) THATCHER MAGOUN/BORN IN PEMBROKE/JUNE 17, 1775/DIED IN MEDFORD APRIL 16, 1856/MARY MAGOUN/BORN IN MEDFORD SEPT. 2, 1783/DIED APRIL 23, 1862 (On left side of base:) HOUSEHOLD'S TOMB TO FAITH HOW DEAR/PART HAVING GONE PART LINGER HERE/UNITED ALL IN LOVE AND HOPE/ONE HOUSEHOLD STILL/TOGETHER WE SHALL SLEEP/TOGETHER MAY WE RISE/AND SING OUR MORNING HYMN/ONE HOUSEHOLD STILL (On right side of base:) MAGOUN unsigned Description:  A classical female figure dressed in long drapery kneels beside a seated child, embracing the child with her proper right arm around the child's waist. The female figure's head is bowed in grief and her proper left hand is raised to her cover her face. The child reaches up to comfort the grieving female figure. The sculpture rests on a square base which rests on a low step. Subject:  Homage -- Magoun, Thatcher Figure group -- Female & Child Allegory -- Passion -- Grief Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge Gravestone Sculpture Owner:  Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1998. 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 77000592   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 77000592 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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