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    		• Object -- Flower
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Gibson
     
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    Frank Carlton Walker Gravemarker, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Frank Carlton Walker Gravemarker, (sculpture).
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: marble and granite; Foundation: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 97 x 70 x 45 in.; Foundation: approx. W. 85 in. x D. 58 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On front of middle step, raised lettering:) WALKER (On rear of bas-relief, raised lettering:) IN LOVING MEMORY/OF/FRANK CARLTON WALKER/MARCH 15, 1885/DECEMBER 28, 1908/GOD IN HIS WISDOM HAS RECALLED/THE BOON HIS LOVE HAD GIVEN,/AND THOUGH THE BODY SLUMBERS HER/THE SOUL IS SAFE IN HEAVEN. unsigned
    Description: 
    A cemetery sculpture consisting of an oval bas-relief portrait of Frank Carlton Walker and a free standing guardian angel, both placed on a three-step base. Walker is depicted as a young man. He wears a suit coat, a shirt and a tie with a Windsor knot. The angel, dressed in a long tunic, stands on the right side of the middle step with her proper right hand partially extended. The object she originally held in that hand is now broken. She holds a stem of lilies in her proper left hand. There is an urn placed on the left stair riser, in front of Walker's relief medallion.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Walker, Frank Carlton -- Bust
    Religion -- Angel
    Object -- Flower -- Lily
    Object -- Other -- Vase
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Gibson
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Gibson Methodist Church, Church Street, In cemetery, Gibson, Georgia 30810
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture marks the grave of Frank Carlton Walker, who died in 1908 at the age of 23. He was the son of Judge Ben Walker. IAS files contain a related article from The Gibson Record & Guide, Feb. 10, 1994, pg. 2A.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia 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 GA000546
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