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Calverley Family Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Calverley, Charles, 1833-1914, sculptor. Title:  Calverley Family Monument, (sculpture). Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bust: bronze; Relief: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Bust: approx. 25 x 14 x 14 in.; Relief portrait: approx. H. 16 1/2 in. x W. 12 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 66 x 41 x 50 in. Inscription:  (On back of base, lower left:) C. CALVERLEY SC./1892 (On back of base, middle to lower right:) Cast by the HAM...B...B...Co (inscription illegible) (On bas-relief:) Susan E. Hand/1833-1886/WIFE OF/CHARLES CALVERLEY (On base near bottom:) C. CALVERLEY/NOV. 1, 1833/FEB. 25, 1914 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Bronze self-portrait bust of Charles Calverley. He has a long beard and moustache. The sculpture sits atop a granite pedestal base. Inset into the front face of the pedestal is a bronze bas-relief panel featuring a portrait bust of Susan Hand Calverley. She is shown in proper right profile. Her hair is drawn back in a bun and she wears a shawl with ruffled neckline around her shoulders. The pedestal ends in two tiers, the bottom of which is rough-hewn. Subject:  Portrait male -- Calverley, Charles -- Bust Portrait female -- Calverley, Susan Hand -- Bust Occupation -- Art -- Sculptor Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York Gravestone Relief Sculpture Owner:  Restricted Owner, Albany County, New York Remarks:  The bust of Calverley was stolen ca.1992-1993, but was recovered and replaced on the monument in 1993-1994. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York 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 NY001447   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NY001447 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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