Click here to loginLoginView my BookbagMy List - 0HelpHelp
 Search 
 Search Images 
 About 
   
KeywordBrowseCombinedHighlightsSearch HistoryAll Catalogs
More Smithsonian Searches
 
 Who else has...
 
  •  
    		• Morriss Bros. Company,
     
  •  
    		• Homage -- Garibaldi, James
     
  •  
    		• Homage -- Garibaldi, Rosa
     
  •  
    		• Homage -- Garibaldi, Vittorio
     
  •  
    		• Occupation -- Other
     
  •  
    		• Religion -- Angel
     
  •  
    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Little Rock
     
  •  
    		• Gravestone
     
  •  
    		• Sculpture
     
     
    (Garibaldi Memorial), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Morriss Bros. Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    (Garibaldi Memorial), (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated ca. 1893.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: marble; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 18 ft. x 2 ft. 9 in. x 2 ft. 9 in.; Base: approx. 2 ft. 1 in. x 3 ft. 7 in. x 3 ft. 7 in.
    Inscription: 
    (West side, lower right:) Morris Bros. Memphis (North face:) IN MEMORIAM/JAMES/GARIBALDI/BORN FEB. 26, 1827/DIED NOV. 14, 1893,/AGED 66 YRS. 8 MOS. 18DS. (West face:) In Memoriam/Rosa/Consort of/James Garibaldi,/died/Oct'r 19, 1865./Aged 21 yrs. 2 mos. 11 ds./Remember all as you pass by/as you are now so once was I/as I am now you soon must be/prepare to die and follow me/(three lines of what appears to be Latin follow)/Garibaldi/Morriss Bros./Memphis (South face:) In Memoriam/Vittorio/Emanuello Garibaldi/born/Dec. 21, 1872,/died June 5, 1873. unsigned Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A robed angel stands with outspread wings atop a shrouded obelisk. The angel's proper right arm is upraised and she holds a scroll in her proper left hand at thigh level. The angel's proper right foot is visible from the rear below the hem of the robe. The entire piece is set atop a smaller rectangular square base.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Garibaldi, James
    Homage -- Garibaldi, Rosa
    Homage -- Garibaldi, Vittorio
    Occupation -- Other -- Businessman
    Religion -- Angel
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Little Rock
    Gravestone
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Catholic Diocese of Little Rock, 2500 North Tyler, Little Rock, Arkansas 72207
    Located Cavalry Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas
    Remarks: 
    Sculpture commemorates James Garibaldi, 1827-1893, his wife Rosa, 1844-1865, and Vittorio Emanuello Garibaldi, 1872-1873, whose graves are nearby. James Garibaldi was born in Italy and came to the United States as a child, becoming a prominent Arkansas businessman in the wholesale and retail liquor business. IAS files contain a transcription of an obituary for James Garibaldi from the Arkansas Gazette, Nov. 14, 1893, pg. 8.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arkansas 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 AR000206
    Add to my list 
    Copy/Holding information
    Smithsonian AmericanArt MuseumControl Number 
    Inventory of American SculptureAR000206Add Copy to MyList

    Format:HTMLPlain textDelimited
    Subject: 
    Email to:


    Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382
     Powered by SirsiDynix
    About | © 2020 Smithsonian | Terms of Use | Privacy | Contact
    SIRIS - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System