Administered by Cornell University Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Ithaca New York 14853
Located Cornell University South of Goldwin-Smith Hall on the Arts Quad Ithaca New York
Date:
1910. Dedicated 1910. Rededicated Jan. 1992
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
Image on file.
Cornell Alumni News 64 (Nov. 1961): cover.
(On sundial:) As a shadow Such is life (On exedra, front left:) In memoriam/Franklin Lacy Sheldon, M.E./Class of 1892/Born Auburn, N.Y./September 25th 1867/Died New York City/May 17, 1895 (On exedra, front right:) In memoriam/Charles Lacy Sheldon Jr., A.M./Class of 1901/Born Auburn, N.Y./May 21st 1878/Died Auburn, N.Y./June 4th 1908 unsigned
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Summary:
A sundial rests on a green table top with legs carved into lions. The table stands in a semi-circular, three-stepped exedra. The exedra terminates on both ends with a funeral grave marker and urn. The whole sculpture is modeled after temples and tombs uncovered in excavations of Pompeii.
