Name/Title
"MEMORIALS TODAY FOR TOMORROW"Entry/Object ID
2000.66.1.1Description
Color: Gold; Green
"Memorials Today for Tomorrow," by William Henry Deacy (Tate, GA: The Georgia Marble Company), 1928. A 74-page hardcover book, without dustjacket, printed by the Thomsen-Ellis Company of Baltimore and New York. The green front cover has a marbled effect and, in gold lettering toward the top, the title, under which is an image of a setting sun over water over a genie's lamp. A black band is at the left edge (also the right edge of the back) and extending over the spine, with the title in gold ink on it. The flysheet has a poem before the title page, copyright page and preface, which explains Deacy's motivations for writing the book, namely to describe "the cemetery art." Divided into attributes as symbolized by cemetery objects, the work has sections called Eloquence (Garden Bench); Modesty (Tablet); Nobility (Sarcophagus); Love (Tablet with Vases); Joy (Column Monument); Virtue (Greek Stele); Faith (Latin Cross); Sympathy (Bird Bath); Happiness (Sundial); Divine (Altar Tomb); Purity (Urn); Adoration (Sculpture); Melody (Cross Tablet); Heaven (Shaft); Hope (Mausoleum); and Liberty (War Memorial), with a small section on materials, namely Georgia marbles manufactured by the publisher. Each section, but this last, has a pasted colored image of the object with its personification on it in many cases. A one or two-page essay is included, as well as a line drawings to scale for the building of the objects. At the back is a table of contents, list of illustrations and the scale drawings. There is minor discoloration and creases on pages, but the cover has dented corners, abrasions and faded lettering on the spine and is in fair condition.Lexicon
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Monuments, Sepulchral monuments, Sepulchral monuments industrySearch Terms
Three-dimensional, Books, Georgia Marble Company, The, Thomsen-Ellis Company