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    		• Egleston, Thomas,
     
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    		• R. Fisher and Company,
     
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    		• Homage -- Paterson, John
     
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    		• Homage -- Paterson, Elizabeth Lee
     
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    		• Homage -- Egleston, Azariah
     
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    		• Homage -- Egleston, Hannah Paterson
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Lenox
     
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    		• Obelisk
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Paterson - Egleston Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Egleston, Thomas, designer.
    R. Fisher and Company, carver.
    Title: 
    Paterson - Egleston Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated May 1892.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: dark grey marble; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 21 ft. 9 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On front:) EGLESTON (On back:) PATERSON (On east side:) IN MEMORY OF MAJOR GENERAL JOHN PATERSON,BORN 1744, DIED 1808, AND ELIZABETH LEE, HIS WIFE, BORN 1749, DIED 1841 (On west side:) IN MEMORY OF MAJOR AZARIAH EGLESTON, BORN 1777, DIED 1822, AND HANNA PATERSON HIS WIFE, BORN 1759, DIED 1803 (On base:) ERECTED IN THE YEAR 1892 BY THOMAS EGLESTON signed
    Description: 
    A tall, dark grey marble obelisk is adorned on the front and back with engravings of two crossed flags. At the foot of the obelisk is a marble block, the front and back of which are engraved with a relief depicting a pile of cannon balls, two crossed flags, and two crossed rifles with bayonets. The east and west sides of the block bear biographical inscriptions for the Eglestons and Patersons. Just below the marble block is a relief of two crossed swords.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Paterson, John
    Homage -- Paterson, Elizabeth Lee
    Homage -- Egleston, Azariah
    Homage -- Egleston, Hannah Paterson
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Lenox
    Obelisk
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Lenox, Lenox, Massachusetts
    Located Main, Walker, Old Stockbridge Road & West Street, Lenox, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    IAS files contain a copy of the Massachusetts Historical Commission Form C - Monuments questionnaire which includes a transcription of the lengthy biographical sketches inscribed on the east and west side of the monument.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
    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 MA000558
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