Fuller Family Monument - Springfield, MA - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

The Fuller Family Monument contains an very evocative sculpture of a draped female figure passing through a doorway. The 6' high bronze female figure is dressed in classical robes. She is walking down the a flight of three steps that lead to a 10' high by 5.5' wide ornate marble doorway. Her left arm is facing forward and she is holding a rose in her left hand. Her right arm is pointing backward through the far side of the door. The monument was created in Florence, Italy by Cutler Murghall. The firm of McGregory & Casman, was the contractor.

On both side of the doorway are 4' high by 8' long marble walls which are curved at their ends. Each wall has two inscribed dadoes. From left to right they are inscribed:

WINTHROP FRANCIS FULLER
BORN MAY 28, 1873
DIED MAY 12, 1874

GRACE ELIZABETH FULLER
BORN JULY 13, 1866
DIED JUNE 7, 1892

ELIZABETH BLISS FULLER
BORN NOVEMBER 15, 1838
DIED JULY 30, 1893

FRANCIS H. FULLER
BORN NOVEMBER 3, 1837
DIED DECEMBER 9, 1907

Smithsonian Art Inventory Catalog Link:

TITLE: Fuller Family Monument ARTIST(S): Cutler Murghall DATE: 1910 MEDIUM: Bronze figure, Marble base CONTROL NUMBER: IAS MA000886 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Clematis Path Springfield Cemetery 171 Maple Street Springfield, MA DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: Inscriptions added.

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