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Nessmuk, (sculpture). Artist:  Brewster, George Thomas, 1862-1943, sculptor. Title:  Nessmuk, (sculpture). Other Titles:  George Washington Sears, (sculpture). Dates:  1898. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Plaque: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Plaque: approx. H. 35 in. x W. 19 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 72 1/2 x 64 x 23 in. Inscription:  George T. Brewster (On relief plaque:) Geo. W. Sears/Born Dec. 2, 1821/Died May 1, 1890 G.T. Brewster, Sculptor 98 (On front of base:) NESSMUK signed Description:  Bronze plaque featuring a bas-relief portrait head of George Washington Sears. He has a full beard and moustache. The plaque is mounted to the front of a grave marker which rests on a mounded granite base. There is a woodsman's axe cut in relief on the face of the base. Subject:  Portrait male -- Sears, George Washington -- Head Literature -- Nessmuk Occupation -- Writer -- Poet Occupation -- Transportation -- Sailor Occupation -- Science -- Conservationist Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Wellsboro Relief Gravestone Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Wellsboro Cemetery Association, Nichols Street, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania 16901 Located Wellsboro Cemetery, Nichols Street, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania Remarks:  Sears, who wrote under the pen name Nessmuk, was an early outdoor writer, woodsman, seaman, poet and pioneer conservationist. Sears was buried on private property, but his body was later moved to the Wellsboro Cemetery. The memorial sculpture was funded by members of the community. The stone base may be the original marker from the first gravesite. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1994. 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 PA001488   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA001488 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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