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    		• Portrait male -- Getman, David
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Homage -- VanBuren, Helen
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Mayfield
     
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    		• Gravestone
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Captain Getman Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Captain Getman Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1915.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: marble.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 9 ft. x 3 ft. x 2 ft. x Diam. 8 ft.; Base: approx. 36 ft. x 8 ft. x 8 ft. x Diam. 32 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On west face of pillar:) MUSTER ROLL/COMPANY 1, 10, N.Y. CALVARY (sic)/DAVID GETMAN JR. CAPTAIN/STEPHEN DENNIE 1 LIEUT./CHARLES N. HILL 2ND. LIEUT. (followed by 22 names; names are also listed on the other three faces of the pillar.) (Memorial plaque on proper right on base:) HELEN VANBUREN WIFE OF DAVID GETMAN JR. BORN SEPTEMBER 10, 1844. DIED APRIL 6, 1932 (Memorial plaque on proper left on base:) DAVID GETMAN JR. BORN JANUARY 21, 1936. ENLISTED AND COMMISSIONED CAPTAIN CO. 1, 10, N.Y. CAV. OCTOBER 17, 1862. WOUNDED AND CAPTURED JUNE 9, 1863. CONFINED IN LIBBY PRISON. ESCAPED FEBRUARY 14, 1865. DIED JANUARY 25, 1914. (Below memorial plaques:) THIS MONUMENT IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE COMRADES OF CAPTAIN GETMAN BY CAPT. GETMAN AND HELEN GETMAN. unsigned
    Description: 
    A full-length portrait of Capt. David Getman standing atop a marble pillar and base. The figure is dressed in military uniform. In his proper right hand he holds a sword. In his proper left hand he holds a sheath. A gun is slung over his back. The pillar is inscribed with text. Below the pillar, recessed behind short columns are two memorial plaques on the front face of the base.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Getman, David -- Full length
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Occupation -- Military -- Captain
    Homage -- VanBuren, Helen
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Mayfield
    Gravestone
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Mayfield Cemetery Association, Records Department, Route 30, Mayfield, New York 12117
    Located Mayfield Village Cemetery, Mayfield, New York
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
    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 NY000609
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