Edwin B. Hay is a public artwork by American artist
Vinnie Ream
Lavinia Ellen "Vinnie" Ream Hoxie (September 25, 1847 – November 20, 1914) was an American sculptor. Her most famous work is the statue of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in the United States Capitol rotunda. Ream's '' Statue of Sequoyah' ...
, located at
Rock Creek Cemetery in
Washington, D.C.
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. "Edwin B. Hay" was surveyed as part of the
Smithsonian's Save Outdoor Sculpture! program in 1993. It serves as the gravesite for the Hay family.
Description
A bronze bust of Edwin Barret Hay with close cut hair he stares straight ahead. He wears a coat with wide lapels with an insignia on the proper left lapel and an ascot around his neck. The bust sits on a three-tiered
granite
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base and the top tier is adorned with decorative scroll work.
The lower right side of the sculpture is inscribed:
Roman Bronze Works N.Y.
The lower front of the sculpture is inscribed: Hay
The front of the base is inscribed:
:EDWIN BARRETT HAY
:1850–1906
:FLORENCE BROWN HAY
:1855–1944
:JULIA HAY NASH
:1883–1938
:HAY
:A FRIEND OF ALL MANKIND
:1913 GEORGE F. NASH, JR. 1991 1911 OLGA G. NASH 1982
The back of the base is inscribed:
:WILLIAM JAMES HAY
:1827–1903
:HIS WIFE
:ANN VIRGINIA HAY
:1827–1901
Gallery
File:Edwin B. Hay by Vinnie Ream (1906) Control IAS 88210009FullFront.jpg, Front
File:Edwin B. Hay by Vinnie Ream (1906) Control IAS 88210009 proper left.jpg, Proper Left
File:Edwin B. Hay by Vinnie Ream (1906) Control IAS 88210009 ProperRight.jpg, Proper Right
File:Edwin B. Hay by Vinnie Ream (1906) Control IAS 88210009Back.jpg, Back
References
{{Vinnie Ream
Monuments and memorials in Washington, D.C.
Outdoor sculptures in Washington, D.C.
Burials at Rock Creek Cemetery
1906 sculptures
Bronze sculptures in the United States
Sculptures by Vinnie Ream
Busts in the United States
Cemetery art