(Letitia F. Walker Monument), (sculpture).

(Letitia F. Walker Monument), (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

(Letitia F. Walker Monument), (sculpture).

Figure: marble (?); Base: marble (?).

Overall: approx. 12 x 4 x 3 ft.

(On upper front of base, raised:) IN MEMORY OF/LETITIA F. WALKER/WIFE OF/JAMES M. WALKER/BORN FEB. 17. 1837,/DIED OCT. 5, 1877,/AGED 40 YEARS 7 MOS./& 18 DAYS/(on lower tier) "GONE TO REST" unsigned

Grave marker and monument to Letitia F. Walker, 1837-1877, with a winged angel dressed in classical robes with a bare proper left foot. She holds a musical instrument, perhaps a trumpet, in her proper left hand down by her side, and her proper right hand is outstretched upward with her index finger pointing. The figure stands atop a plinth, which is mounted on top of a tall, four-tiered base with inscriptions on the front. The top of the base is draped with a fringed and tasseled cloth or curtain. The lower part of the base is flanked by two urns.

Homage -- Walker, Letitia F.

Religion -- Angel

Object -- Musical Instrument -- Horn

Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Danville

Administered by City of Danville, Department of Public Works, P. O. Box 3300, Danville, Virginia 24543

Located Greenhill Cemetery, Lee & Jefferson Streets, Danville, Virginia

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995.

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