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Fortitude, Kindliness, Vision, (sculpture). Artist:  Putnam, Brenda, 1890-1975, sculptor. Title:  Fortitude, Kindliness, Vision, (sculpture). Dates:  1943. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: limestone; Base: marble. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 92 in. x W. 34 in. Inscription:  Linda Putnum (sic) 1943 (On plinth, under each figure, incised lettering:) FORTITVDE KINDLINESS VISION (Around top tier of base, incised lettering:) THIS MEMORIAL GIFT OF ROSALIE SLAVGHTER MORTON IS A TRIBVTE TO THE SONS & DAUGHTERS (...transcription illegible) signed Description:  Three female figures, representing Fortitude, Vision, and Kindliness, stand back-to-back, forming a circle. All wear full-length gowns and are barefoot. Vision looks to the sky with her hands raised upward. Fortitude holds the handle of a large sword at waist level with both hands, the blade touching the ground between her feet. Kindliness reaches up to touch a dove on her proper right shoulder. Grapes and grapeleaves fill the spaces between the heads. The sculpture has a circular plinth and is mounted upon a circular two-tiered base. Subject:  Figure group -- Female Allegory -- Quality -- Charity Allegory -- Time -- Future Allegory -- Quality -- Fortitude Animal -- Bird -- Dove Object -- Weapon -- Sword Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Lynchburg Sculpture Owner:  Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia 24501 Remarks:  The sculpture was a gift of Rosalie Slaughter Morton, M.D. For related articles see Lynchburg magazine (May-June 1975) and The News (Lynchburg, VA), Oct. 1943, in clipping files at Lynchburg Public Library. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995. 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 VA000478   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture VA000478 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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