Robert Louis Stevenson Monument

Photograph

Napa County Historical Society

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2009.469.3

Description

Photograph of a monument for Robert Louis Stevenson. The monument reads, on the left side: THIS TABLET PLACED BY THE CLUB WOMEN OF NAPA COUNTY, MARKS THE SITE OF THE CABIN OCCUPIED IN 1880 BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON AND BRIDE, WHILE HE WROTE "THE SILVERADO SQUATTERS" And on the right side a quote: DOOMED TO KNOW NOT WINTER, ONLY SPRING, A BEING TROD THE FLOWERY APRIL BLITHELY FOR AWHILE, TOOK HIS FILL OF MUSIC, JOY OF THOUGHT AND SEEING, CAME AND STAYED AND WENT, NOR EVER CEASED TO SMILE. R.L.S. Photographer is copyrighted as I. C. Adams, 1911, Calistoga, Cal.

Collection

Photographs

Acquisition

Accession

2009.469

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Adams, I.C.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Create Date

March 22, 2017

Update Date

December 13, 2023