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Portrait male -- Jinkins, Benjamin Clifton
Portrait male -- Jinkins, Benjamin Clifton
Religion -- Prayer
Gravestone
Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Aberdeen
Sculpture
(Benjamin Clifton Jinkins Gravestone), (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
(Benjamin Clifton Jinkins Gravestone), (sculpture).
Medium:
Marble on a marble base.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 18 1/2 x 10 x 5 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 6 x 12 x 12 in.
Inscription:
(On front of base:) BENJAMIN CLIFTON/SON OF/F.P. & W.C. JINKINS/Born. Dec. 29, 1892/Died May 26, 1895 (On back of base:) IN HEAVEN THERE/IS ONE ANGEL MORE/ON EARTH/ONE DARLING LESS unsigned
Description:
A small boy kneeling on his proper left knee, with his proper right knee raised. His hands are clasped as if in prayer and his eyes are raised. He wears a Grecian-style loose gown, with a decorated band at the top. The base, on which the child kneels, is in the shape of a cushion with braided cord around the top and bottom and a tassel at each corner.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Jinkins, Benjamin Clifton -- Full length
Portrait male -- Jinkins, Benjamin Clifton -- Child
Religion -- Prayer
Object Type:
Gravestone
Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Aberdeen
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Aberdeen, Cemetery Department, 125 West Commerce Street, Aberdeen, Mississippi 39730
Located Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Aberdeen, Mississippi
Remarks:
Title supplied by Inventory cataloger.
IAS files contain a photocopy of a photograph of Benjamin Clifton Jinkins and a family history. Benjamin Clifton Jinkins (1892-1895) was the child of a prominent Aberdeen banker, Franklin P. Jinkins (1857-1905) and his wife, Willie C. Brasfield Jinkins (1867-1957). For related articles see: "Monroe County History," Monroe County Book Committee & Curtis Media Corporation, 1988; and "Mother Monroe," Hamilton, MS: Mother Monroe Pub. Co., 1979.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi 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 MS000052
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Inventory of American Sculpture
MS000052
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