Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1994.
Image on file.
(On front of base:) OUR FATHER/DAVID SMITH/DIED SEPT. 31, 1863/AGED 74 YRS/HENRY W. SMITH 1839-1914
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Summary:
A female figure dressed in classical robes stands with her face turned to the sky and her arms cross in front of her. In her proper left hand she holds the end of a chain that is attached to a post on her proper left side. The sculpture stands atop a small shaft.
