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Fabricator:
Morriss Bros. Company  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: marble; Base: marble
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Gravestone
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by Catholic Diocese of Little Rock 2500 North Tyler Little Rock Arkansas 72207
Located Cavalry Cemetery Southwest section, 20th & Woodrow Little Rock Arkansas
Date:
Dedicated ca. 1891
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arkansas survey, 1993.
Image on file.
(North side of sculpture:) Morriss (sic) Bros., Memphis (Lower front of sculpture, in raised lettering:) REMEMBRANCE/WILL C. NEWTON/BORN NOV'R 16, 1870;/DIED JULY 11, 1891 (At foot of base on east face:) Requiems in/peace unsigned Founder's mark appears.
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.
Summary:
A robed female figure stepping forward with proper right leg. She holds a bouquet of flowers in her proper left hand at waist level; and holds a single flower in her proper right hand extended at the side. The sculpture is set atop a small rectangular base, part of an oval-shaped planter.
Topic:
Figure female--Full length  Search this
Object--Flower  Search this
Homage--Newton, Will C  Search this
Occupation--Other--Businessman  Search this
Control number:
IAS AR000209
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_331460