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Wilson, H.,
Homage -- Smith, Aurelia A.
Homage -- Smith, Henry C.
Homage -- Smith, Robert Byers
Figure female -- Full length
Dress -- Historic
Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Batesville
Gravestone
Sculpture
(Smith Memorial), (sculpture).
Artist:
Wilson, H., sculptor.
Title:
(Smith Memorial), (sculpture).
Medium:
Figure: marble; Base: marble and granite, carved.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 48 x 16 x 16 in.; Base: approx. 88 x 36 x 36 in.
Inscription:
(On lower front right of base:) H. WILSON, ST. LOUIS MO. (On front of base, raised:) AURELIA A./WIFE OF/H.C. SMITH/BORN/OCT 3, 1836/DIED/MAY 24, 1877 (On side of base, incised:) IF YOU WOULD KNOW HER/WORTH; ASK HER RELATIVES,/FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS/(on tier below, raised:) SMITH (Back of base:) HENRY C. SMITH/APRIL 14, 1832-OCT 21, 1887/ROBERT BYERS SMITH/NOV 9, 1856-MAY 14, 1904. (Other side of base:) "SHE IS NOT DEAD BUT,/SLEEPETH. signed
Description:
A memorial and gravemarker for the Smith family that includes a neoclassical figure of a woman standing dressed in ornate, classical drapery, with her proper right hand extended and her proper left hand raised to her shoulder. The figure is mounted on top of a multitiered, inscribed base which includes reliefs of what may be angels around the top. The inscription on the front of the base is encircled by an ornate floral arrangement.
Subject:
Homage -- Smith, Aurelia A.
Homage -- Smith, Henry C.
Homage -- Smith, Robert Byers
Figure female -- Full length
Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Batesville
Gravestone
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Batesville, 500 East Main, Batesville, Arkansas 72501
Located Oaklawn Cemetery, Southeast of central gazebo, Batesville, Arkansas
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arkansas survey, 1992.
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 AR000144
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Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
AR000144
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