Angel Of Grief is a photograph by K Hines which was uploaded on May 27th, 2015.
Title
Angel Of Grief
Artist
K Hines
Medium
Photograph
Description
(c)2015 Angel Of Grief by K Hines
The Angel Of Grief located at the Hingham Cemetery in Hingham, Massachusetts memorializing Maria Hooper
The �Angel of Grief� (1894-5) was the last work of American sculptor William Wetmore Story in memory of his wife. He was an artist of some note (born in 1819 in Salem, MA and working in Italy) whose work may be seen in such places as the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The original monument is located in the Protestant Cemetery in Rome over his and his wife�s graves. This monument is one of a number of copies that can be found across the country in the large �garden cemeteries� that sprang up in the last half of the 19th century. (There is also one at Stanford Un., Palo Alto, California, for example.) This �Angel of Grief� was carved in Italy from Cararra marble probably by many artisans, each a craftsman of a particular specialty such as feet, wings, faces, etc. as was customary at the time. Completion of this solid piece of marble sculpture took a great length of time, and when it finally arrived in Boston, we understand that the crate was dropped onto the pier as it was being unloaded, breaking the statue into numerous pieces. The work had to be started again.
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May 27th, 2015
