Hamilton Fish Memorial, (sculpture)

Object Details

Notes: Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1993.; Image on file.; Dryfhout, John H., "The Work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens," University of New England Press, 1982, pg. 199.; CAST BY THE HENRY BONNARD C NEW YORK 1891 (Sarcophagus, incised lettering:) (Left panel:) JULIA KEAN FISH/BORN DECEMBER XVII/MDCCCXVI./DIED JUNE XXX/MDCCCLXXXVII. (Center panel:) HAMILTON FISH./BORN AUGUST III/MDCCCVIII./DIED SEPTEMBER VII/MDCCCXCIII. (Right panel:) ELIZABETH STUYVESANT/D'HAUTEVILLE./BORN MARCH XI/MDCCCXXXIX./DIED MARCH 1/MDCCCLXIV 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 sarcophagus of polished granite, topped with a bronze sculpture of a cross with two women facing it on either side. The women are robed and veiled, and stand with their arms upraised in a gesture of prayer. The sarcophagus is installed upon a rectangular stone foundation.

Medium: Sculpture: bronze, with patina; Sarcophagus: pinkish/tan brown granite; Foundation: stone

Owner/Location: St. Philip's-in-the-Highlands Cemetery Route 9D Garrison New York 10524

Topic: Figure group--Female; Emblem--Cross; Homage--Fish, Hamilton; Homage--Fish, Julia Kean; Homage--D'Hauteville, Elizabeth Stuyvesant Fish; Occupation--Political--Governor; Occupation--Political--Senator; Occupation--Political--Secretary of State