Draped Obelisk Grave Monument for "Holme", No. 933 (recto); Sketch of a grave (verso) Alexander Maxwell American 1840–80 Alexander Maxwell designed and made grave monuments for New York area clients in the mid-nineteenth century (a fine example is a Butterfield family mausoleum of ca. 1875 at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx). They likely were related to the marble and granite suppliers Alexander Maxwell & Co. of East Canaan, Connecticut, who provided marble for New York City Hall in 1838, and for a hundred columns used in an extension of the United States Capitol, Washington DC in 1860. This dr
Draped Obelisk Grave Monument for "Holme", No. 933 (recto); Sketch of a grave (verso) Alexander Maxwell American 1840–80 Alexander Maxwell designed and made grave monuments for New York area clients in the mid-nineteenth century (a fine example is a Butterfield family mausoleum of ca. 1875 at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx). They likely were related to the marble and granite suppliers Alexander Maxwell & Co. of East Canaan, Connecticut, who provided marble for New York City Hall in 1838, and for a hundred columns used in an extension of the United States Capitol, Washington DC in 1860. This drawing comes from a group of designs for private memorials. View more. Draped Obelisk Grave Monument for "Holme", No. 933 (recto); Sketch of a grave (verso). Alexander Maxwell (American, active 1838–80). 1840–80. Ink and wash over graphite (recto); graphite (verso). Drawings
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