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Unknown (Italian),
Homage -- Merrit, Elizabeth P.
Figure female -- Full length
Dress -- Historic
Architecture -- Boat
Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- LaGrange
Gravestone
Sculpture
Elizabeth P. Merrit Gravemarker, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown (Italian), sculptor.
Title:
Elizabeth P. Merrit Gravemarker, (sculpture).
Medium:
Sculpture: marble; Base: marble.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. 5 in x 1 ft. 9 in. x 1 ft. 9 in.; Base: approx. 7 ft. 10 in. x 4 ft. 2 in. x 4 ft. 2 in.
Inscription:
(Possible artist's initials or mark at lower proper right of woman's gown) (Top front of base, inside ivy wreath, monogrammed:) M&P (Front of base:) ELIZABETH P. MERRIT/July 29,1872./Jan.6,1896/Beautiful, pure, and noble in the/gladness of her sweet, young maid-/hood, she fell asleep to awake in the/land of cloudless day and endless joy. (Side of base:) A smile hath passed which/filled its home with light./A soul whose beauty made that/smile so bright. (Bottom front of base:) TRUITT
Description:
Gravemarker for Elizabeth P. Merrit, 1872-1896. A woman stands barefoot, dressed in a short-sleeved, classical gown with her hair pulled back and up. Her proper right hand is raised to her chest, while her proper left hand touches an anchor decorated with a string of flowers that stands upright by her side. The sculpture is mounted upon an inscribed, multitiered base with a wreath on the upper front section.
Subject:
Homage -- Merrit, Elizabeth P.
Figure female -- Full length
Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress
Architecture -- Boat -- Detail
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- LaGrange
Gravestone
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of LaGrange, Cemetery Department, 201 Bacon Street, LaGrange, Georgia 30240
Located Hillview Cemetery, New Franklin Road, LaGrange, Georgia 30240
Remarks:
Brought from France. Sculpture may have been handcarved in Italy. Elizabeth Merrit died of a relapse of measles. For related reading see Clark Johnson III's "Memories in Marble," Troup County Archives, La Grange, Georgia.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia, Atlanta survey, 1993.
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 GA000271
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Inventory of American Sculpture
GA000271
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