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    		• Moffitt and Doyle,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Payne, John Howard
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Performing Arts -- Theater
     
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    		• Performing Arts -- Music
     
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    		• Occupation -- Writer
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    John Howard Payne Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Moffitt and Doyle, carver.
    Title: 
    John Howard Payne Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Installed June 9, 1883.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: marble; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 42 x 18 x 18 in.; Base: approx. 113 x 71 x 71 in.
    Inscription: 
    Moffitt and Doyle, New York (Base, front:) IN/MEMORY OF/JOHN HOWARD PAYNE/AUTHOR/OF/"HOME, SWEET HOME."/BORN JUNE 9, 1791,/DIED APRIL 9, 1852. (Base, lower front:) ERECTED A.D. 1883 (Base, rear center:) SURE WHEN THY GENTLE SPIRIT FLED/TO REALMS BEYOND THE AZURE DOME./WITH ARMS OUTSTRETCHED GOD'S ANGELS SAID/WELCOME TO HEAVEN'S HOME, SWEET HOME' signed
    Description: 
    Bust of John Howard Payne with short curly hair and a moustache, but no beard. A bit of drapery is visible about his chest and shoulders. The sculpture rests on a base adorned on one side with a relief of a lyre entwined with ivy and a small, and on the other side, a relief of a stack of books and scrolls topped by an oil lamp and a palm wreath.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Payne, John Howard -- Bust
    Occupation -- Political -- Diplomat
    Performing Arts -- Theater -- Performer
    Performing Arts -- Music -- Composer
    Occupation -- Writer -- Dramatist
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Oak Hill Cemetery, 3001 R Street, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20007
    Remarks: 
    John Howard Payne (1791-1852) was first known as an actor, but went on to write several plays with Washington Irving. The song from his play, "Clari, the Maid of Milan" entitled "Home, Sweet Home!" became a big hit during the 19th century. Payne later was appointed to the U.S. Foreign service by President Tyler and from 1842-1845 served as the U.S. consul in Tunis. President Fillmore reappointed him to that post in 1851, and it was in Tunis that Payne died in 1852. He was buried in Tunis, but W. W. Corcoran, founder of Oak Hill Cemetery and friend of Payne, had the body brought back and buried in Oak Hill Cemetery. Corcoran ordered the bust of Payne to depict him with a beard as he appeared in a Matthew Brady photograph. After the burial, rumor had it that Payne never wore a beard and the beard was shaved off of the bust by a Washington stonemason.
    Behind the gravestone is the marker from Payne's Tunis gravestone. The inscription on this marker reads: In memory /of/ John Howard Payne./Twice consul of/(?) United States of America/for (?) city and kingdom of Tunis,/this stone is here placed/by a grateful country/ (?)ed at the American consulate/ (?)s city after a tedious illness./April (inscription illegible )1852,/(?) as born at city of Boston,/state of Massachusetts./(...inscription illegible) June 8th (...inscription illegible) 2./(?) it as a poet and dramatist/(?)nown wherever the English (...inscription illegible) through his celebrated ballad/of/Home Sweet Home/and his popular Trac (...inscription illegible)/(...inscription illegible).
    IAS files contain related articles from The Georgetowner (District of Columbia), Feb. 17, 1955 and May 14, 1964; and the Washington Star, Nov. 14, 1909, Oct. 28, 1955, Aug. 12, 1979. IAS files also contain a Washington Post article dated July 8, 1935 and a Washington Daily News article dated March 29, 1946 which provide additional information on John Howard Payne and his gravestone.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, District of Columbia survey, 1993.
    Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, pg. 493-494.
    Michael Richman, SAAM curatorial assistant, 1967-1969.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, pg. 493.
    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 DC000071
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