Henry Coffin Nevins Monument, (sculpture).

Henry Coffin Nevins Monument, (sculpture).

Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907, sculptor.

McKim, Mead & White, architectural firm.

Henry Coffin Nevins Monument, (sculpture).

Julie Fanchette Henriette Nevins, (sculpture).

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Sculpture: limestone; Base: limestone.

Sculpture: approx. 2 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 10 in. x 6 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 6 ft. x 4 ft. 10 in. x 7 ft. 2 in.

(On cartouche:) VNTIL THE/DAY BREAK/AND THE/SHADOWS/FLEE AWAY (On ends of stone:) BORN JAN X/MDCCXLIII/HENRY COFFIN NEVINS/DIED JVNE XXV/MDCCCXCII ) (On end of slab:) IN LOVING MEMORY

A headstone carved with two winged cherubs crouching on either side of a cartouche. A garland is draped under the cartouche and over the knees of the crouching cherubs. In front of the headstone is a flat rectangular stone slab adorned with a relief of a large cross flanked by two large palm leaves.

Homage -- Nevins, Henry Coffin

Religion -- Angel

Emblem -- Cross

Object -- Foliage -- Palm

Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge

Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Eagle Avenue, lot 4659, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Henry Coffin Nevins (1843-1892) was the son of David Nevins, a Boston dry goods merchant. He rose to prominence in the Boston business community becoming director of the Methuen Company and a stockholder in both the Pemberton Co. and the Stevens Linen Works. He became a real estate developer and was responsible for development of the Boston suburbs. The headstone was commissioned by the widow of Henry C. Nevins, Julie Fanchette Nevins. The artist and architects collaborated in the design of the headstone. For additional information see: Homer St. Gaudens, "Saint Gaudens Reminiscences," vol. II, New York, NY: The Century Co., 1913, pg. 116, 78, 59, 364; and J. H. Dryfhout's "The Works of Augustus Saint Gaudens," University Press of New England, 1982, pg. 25-37, 167.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1993.

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