Moore Memorial, Dog, (sculpture).

Moore Memorial, Dog, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Moore Memorial, Dog, (sculpture).

Dedicated ca. 1895.

Sculpture: limestone; Base: red granite.

Sculpture: approx. 36 x 28 x 28 in.; Base: approx. 42 x 42 x 49 in.

(On dog collar, north side:) PEDRO (On east side of sculpture base, raised lettering:) WAITING (On west side of sculpture base, raised lettering:) FIDELITY (On east side of granite base:) HIS ERRORS WHERE (sic) THE ERRORS OF A MAN/AND THEY STAND OUT IN BOLD CONTRAST/WITH THE TIME SERVING, TWO FACED/HIPPOCRITES (sic) WHO CONSPIRED TO HAVE HIM/ MURDERED/DR. EMILE OVERTON MOORE/BORN OCT. 2 1854/MURDERED FEB. 16, 1893/HE IS NOW BEYOND THE/REACH OF BLAME OR PRAISE AND LOVE/WITH HOPE AND FAITH WILL TRUST THAT HE HAS FELT THE/JOY THAT IS FELT WHEN THERE ARE NO TEARS AND NO GRAVE (On west side of base:) DR. EMILE VERNON MOORE/BORN OCT. 2, 1854/MURDERED FEB. 16, 1896/HE POSSESSED MARKED INDIVIDUALITY, HE WAS/INCAPABLE OF DISSIMULATION. HIS ERRORS WERE THE/ERRORS OF A MAN, AND THEY STOOD OUT IN BOLD CON-/TRAST WITH THE TIME-SERVING HYPOCRITES/WHO CONSPIRED TO HAVE HIM MURDERED./LET US REMEMBER THAT AFTER MIDNIGHT COMMETH MORN. (On north side of base:) HE IS NOW BEYOND THE REACH OR BLAME OF/PRAISE AND LOVE WITH HOPE AND FAITH/WILL TRUST THAT HE HAS FELT THE JOY/WHERE THERE ARE NO FEARS/AND NO GRAVE (On south side of base:) HE POSSESSED MARKED INDIVIDUALITY/HE WAS INCAPABLE OF DISSIMULATION. unsigned

A seated and waiting Irish Setter. He looks straight ahead and wears a collar with the name "PEDRO" on it.

Animal -- Dog -- Setter

Animal -- Portrait -- Pedro

Homage -- Moore, Emile Overton

Homage -- Moore, Emile Vernon

Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Helena

Administered by Phillips County, County Judge, County Courthouse, Helena, Arkansas 72342

Located Maple Hill Cemetery, On Confederate Drive, northwest end of cemetery near West Street entrance, Helena, Arkansas

Sculpture marks the grave or graves of Dr. Emile Overton and/or Dr. Emile Vernon Moore. The sculpture may have been raised as granite seems to have been placed at a later date.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arkansas survey, 1994.

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