Sculpture: zinc; Base: zinc with silver-aluminum paint
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Gravestone
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by Village of Patchogue Public Works Department Waverly Avenue Patchogue New York 11772
Located Lake View Cemetery Main Street at Waverly Avenue Patchogue New York
Date:
Ca. 1901
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1993.
Image on file.
(On second tier of base, four sides:) SMITH (On base, east side:) RUTH/NEWEY/SMITH (On base, north side:) ALBERT/SON OF/HENRY & MAY/PRICE SMITH/BORN AT BRADWELL, COUNTY/OF OXFORD, ENGLAND/DECEMBER 22, 1835/DIED IN BROOKLYN, NY/OCTOBER 13, 1901 (On base, west side:) RUTH NEWEY SMITH/BORN DECEMBER 17, 1835 (On base, south side:) GARDENER C. G./BORN DECEMBER 8, 1868 unsigned
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Summary:
A female figure in a long dress, possibly a likeness of Ruth Newey Smith, stands atop a tapered shaft and pedestal.
