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On December 17, I took the afternoon off work and did some Christmas shopping in the city. Since I had some time to kill, and was nearby, I took a drive through Forest Home cemetery. I stopped by my favorite angels.
Here's Miss Chapman. She had been restored a few years ago. She was in good shape except that her arms had been detached and reattached at a different angle. And it wasn't a good job. So they fixed her arms right, and took the green patina off. The green is starting to come back.
This angel is a memorial cast in honor of Timothy Appleton Chapman (1824-1892). Chapman was a dry goods merchant in early Milwaukee. Upon his death in 1892, the pioneer’s wife and two daughters commissioned this sculpture. The sculptor is artist Daniel Chester French. He had done a few famous cemetery monuments, but is best known for the statue inside the Lincoln Memorial.
Here's a picture from a couple of years ago, showing the entire monument.
And another from that same year.
But first I noticed that Ms. Fitch was gone. She had been taken up!
I should have stopped in at the office to inquire, but I assume she was taken to be repaired. A couple of years ago, I discovered she had suffered some damage at some point in the past.
So it will be nice to see her when she comes back.
.
Here's Miss Chapman. She had been restored a few years ago. She was in good shape except that her arms had been detached and reattached at a different angle. And it wasn't a good job. So they fixed her arms right, and took the green patina off. The green is starting to come back.
This angel is a memorial cast in honor of Timothy Appleton Chapman (1824-1892). Chapman was a dry goods merchant in early Milwaukee. Upon his death in 1892, the pioneer’s wife and two daughters commissioned this sculpture. The sculptor is artist Daniel Chester French. He had done a few famous cemetery monuments, but is best known for the statue inside the Lincoln Memorial.
Here's a picture from a couple of years ago, showing the entire monument.
And another from that same year.
But first I noticed that Ms. Fitch was gone. She had been taken up!
I should have stopped in at the office to inquire, but I assume she was taken to be repaired. A couple of years ago, I discovered she had suffered some damage at some point in the past.
So it will be nice to see her when she comes back.
.
