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  • Monahan and Viquesney Monument Company,
     
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  • Figure female -- Full length
     
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  • Object -- Other
     
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  • Emblem -- Cross
     
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  • Homage -- Terry, W. L., Mrs. (Molly C. Dickson)
     
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  • Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Little Rock
     
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  • Gravestone
     
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  • Sculpture
     
     
    (Terry Memorial), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Monahan and Viquesney Monument Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    (Terry Memorial), (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated ca. 1895.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: marble; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 10 ft. x 2 ft. 5 in. x 2 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 1 ft. 3 in. x 3 ft. x 3 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (North face:) Monahan and Yiquesney (sic) (Front of sculpture, in raised lettering:) IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE/OF/MOLLIE C./WIFE OF/W.L. TERRY/BORN/JAN. 19, 1857/DIED/JULY 6, 1895./MAY HER SOUL REST IN PEACE/(Lower:) TERRY unsigned Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A female figure stands wearing robes, her proper right arm extending downward holding a grounded torch, her proper left foot extending from beneath the hem of her robes. She has shoulder-length hair and her proper left arm is bent at the wrist, with her index finger brushing her proper left cheek. Beneath her is an inscribed, lower section decorated with a cross in relief around the top of all sides. The sculpture is mounted upon a short, square base.
    Subject: 
    Figure female -- Full length
    Object -- Other -- Torch
    Emblem -- Cross
    Homage -- Terry, W. L., Mrs. (Molly C. Dickson)
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Little Rock
    Gravestone
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Catholic Diocese of Little Rock, 2500 North Tyler, Little Rock, Arkansas 72207
    Located Cavalry Cemetery, Southwest section, 20th & Woodrow, Little Rock, Arkansas
    Remarks: 
    Sculpture marks the grave of Mollie C. Terry, 1857-1895, wife of Congressman W. L. Terry. IAS files contain transcriptions of two articles from the Arkansas Gazette, July 7, 1895, pg. 16, and July 9, 1895, pg. 8. The former is her obituary and the latter discusses the funeral services.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arkansas survey, 1993.
    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 AR000211
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