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    		• Harrison Granite Company,
     
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    		• Homage -- Murdock, William Edwards
     
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    		• Homage -- Marcy, Eliza Harriet
     
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    		• Figure female -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• State of Being -- Mood
     
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    		• Emblem -- Seal
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
     
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    		• Gravestone
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    (Murdock Monument), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Harrison Granite Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    (Murdock Monument), (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Murdock Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1918.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: granite; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. W. 5.5 ft. x D. 3 ft.; Base: approx. 0.5 x 7.5 x 5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Front of sculpture, raised lettering:) MURDOCK (Rear of sculpture, beneath seals, incised lettering:) WILLIAM EDWARDS MURDOCK/BORN IN CANDIA N.H. SEPTEMBER 15, 1844/DIED IN BOSTON MASS.JANUARY 27, 1918/- -- -/ENLISTED IN THE 25TH MASS. VOL. INFANTRY/AT THE AGE OF 17 YEARS AND SERVED/THROUGHOUT THE WAR/- -- -/HARRIET ELIZA MARCY/WIFE OF/WILLIAM E. MURDOCK/1846--1932 unsigned
    Description: 
    Art Nouveau style relief of a seated woman in a contemplative mood, in proper left profile. Her proper right hand supports her head, her proper left arm rests on her raised proper left knee. She is dressed in long robes and a swirl of drapery encircles her head. On the rear of the sculpture are the Federal Seal on the left and the Massachusetts State Seal on the right.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Murdock, William Edwards
    Homage -- Marcy, Eliza Harriet
    Figure female -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    State of Being -- Mood -- Meditation
    Emblem -- Seal
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
    Gravestone
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Forest Hills Cemetery, 95 Forest Hills Avenue, Lot 5764, intersection of Marigold Path & Consecration Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02130
    Remarks: 
    The monument marks the graves of William Edwards Murdock (1844-1918), and his wife, Harriet Eliza Marcy (1846-1932). William Murdock enlisted in the 25th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry at the age of seventeen and served throughout the Civil War. IAS files contain copies of cemetery records including correspondence from the Harrison Granite Company dated May 17, 1918 and October 8, 1918.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1994.
    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 MA000134
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