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    		• Homage -- Shaw, Robert Gould
     
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    		• Religion -- Angel
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge
     
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    Robert Gould Shaw Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Robert Gould Shaw Memorial, (sculpture).
    Medium: 
    Stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 15 x 10 x 6 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On front:) THIS TABLET IS IN MEMORY OF/ROBERT GOULD SHAW/COLONEL 54TH MASS INFANTRY/FELL AT FORT WAGNER S.C./AND WAS THERE BURIED, JULY 18TH 1863/AGE 25 YEARS 9 MONTHS./"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR/HIS FRIEND (On back:) ROBERT GOULD SHAW/BORN JUNE 4, 1776 DIED MAY 3, 1853/(list of twenty names and birth dates)/FRANCES SHAW JR./BORN JUNE 20, 1887 DIED MARCH 1, 1955 unsigned
    Description: 
    A small square relief plaque depicting two angels is installed on the side of a tall rectangular stele. The stele is topped by a classical pediment supported for four columns.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Shaw, Robert Gould
    Religion -- Angel
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge
    Relief
    Gravestone
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Pine Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1998.
    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 MA000365
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