CALDER BRONZE RELIEF COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE, HEMSLEY
sgn. l.l. A. Calder So Phild.
inscribed: IN MEMORY OF THEIR BELOVED PARENTS / FRANCIS WEST HEMSLEY/ DIED SEPTEMBER 11, 1882 / SUSAN ONDERDONK HEMSLEY / DIED JUNE 5, 1878 /THIS TOWER AND CHIME ARE ERECTED BY / FREDERICK HEMLSEY/ AND/ ELIZABETH HEMSLEY AVERY / BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHO DIE IN THE LORD
36 by 21 in.; comes with (3) corner floret-form bolts
From the Church of the Ascension on Pacific Ave., in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In 1879 Francis Hemsley created a parish there and the church was later built in 1893. The church was on the National Register of Historic Places, but because of the cost of extensive repairs required, it was demolished in 2017.
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Realized: $400 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 263 : CALDER BRONZE RELIEF COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE, HEMSLEY
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