ID: 700009664 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009664	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Wooldridge Monuments (funerary sculpture; Henry G. Wooldridge (American farmer and patron, 1822-1899); ca. 1890-1899; Mayfield (Graves, Kentucky, United States, North and Central...)

Note: Commissioned by Henry G. Wooldridge (1822-1899) as a funerary monument to himself and his family. 14 stone figures comprise the site, consisting of Wooldridge on his horse, Fop; his mother; his two great-nieces; each of his siblings; and three animal figurines. All figures wear period late Victorian clothing, even though some of the individuals they represent died twenty to thirty years prior. Only Wooldridge is interred here.

Titles:

Wooldridge Monuments (preferred,C,U,D,English-P,U,U)

Wooldridge Monument (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Strange Procession that Never Moves (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

funerary sculpture [300184644] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by function>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 1890-1899

Creator Display:

Henry G. Wooldridge (American farmer and patron, 1822-1899) [preferred]

commissioner (person who orders works) Wooldridge, Henry G. (American patron, farmer, 1822-1899) Extent: design [500489990]

stonemason Lydon, Will (American stonemason, active 19th century) Extent: carving [500489991]

workshop Pryor and Radford Monument Works (American stone workshop, active 19th century) Extent: carving [500489992]

Locations:

Current: Creation: Mayfield [2040216] Graves county (county), Kentucky (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: 36.749722, -88.635833, Maplewood Cemetery, Graves County, KY 42066

Display Materials: sandstone and marble

	sandstone [300011376]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), sedimentary rock, <sedimentary rock by composition>)

	marble (rock) [300011443]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock)

Dimensions: number of sculptures: 14; dimensions of each sculpture and base vary

Cultures:

American (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Late Victorian [300021235] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>, <modern European regional styles and movements>, <modern British styles and movements>, <modern British styles by reign>, Victorian)

General Subject:

monuments and memorials (preferred,isness)

human figures (aboutness)

Specific Subjects:

	Henry G. Wooldridge (American patron, farmer, 1822-1899) [500489990]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	cemetery [300266755]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name), complexes (buildings and sites), <complexes by function>) (AAT)

	obelisk (monumental pillar) [300007021]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, monuments, <monuments by form>, monumental pillars) (AAT)

Related Works:

	depicted in .... Wooldridge Family Monument [700009663]
	..........gelatin silver photoprints; Walker Evans (American photographer 1903-1975); ca. 1945-1947; J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, Calif...; 84.XM.956.1079

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Wooldridge Monuments	........ [VP]
	........ NRHP (1950-) "Wooldridge Monuments," accessed 25 February 2020, "Wooldridge Monuemnts,"
	........ Kentucky Historical Society, Historical Marker Database [online] (2020-) "Wooldridge Monuments," accessed 25 February 2020, "Wooldridge Monuments,"
	........ Crown and Rivers, The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture (2013) 455-457; accessed 25 February 2020
Wooldridge Monument	........ [VP]
	........ Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museum [online] (2016) "Wooldridge Monument," accessed 25 February 2020
Strange Procession that Never Moves	........ [VP]
	........ Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museum [online] (2016) "Strange Procession that Never Moves," accessed 25 February 2020

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museum [online] (2016) accessed 25 February 2020, "Wooldridge Monument: W. F. Wooldridge,"

....................... NRHP (1950-) accessed 25 February 2020, "Wooldridge Monuments,"

....................... Kentucky Historical Society, Historical Marker Database [online] (2020-) accessed 25 February 2020, "Wooldridge Monuments,"

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Kentucky Historical Society, Historical Marker Database [online] (2020-) accessed 25 February 2020, "Wooldridge Monuments,"
	..... NRHP (1950-) accessed 25 February 2020, "Wooldridge Monuments,"
	..... Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museum [online] (2016) accessed 25 February 2020, "Wooldridge Monument: W. F. Wooldridge,"