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Image:
8.00" x 10.00"
Overall:
10.00" x 12.00"
J. Fitzhugh Thornton Memorial Poster
by PJQandFriends Photography
Product Details
J. Fitzhugh Thornton Memorial poster by PJQandFriends Photography. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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The official name of the statue is the J. Fitzhugh Thornton Memorial, and it was erected by J. Fitzhugh’s wife, Eliza Thornton, as a memorial to her... more
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Artist's Description
The official name of the statue is the J. Fitzhugh Thornton Memorial, and it was erected by J. Fitzhugh’s wife, Eliza Thornton, as a memorial to her husband after he died in 1907. The statue, on a high pedestal, was erected in a triangle (called Thornton Triangle, Cincinnati’s smallest park) in front of the Thornton home. The statue was dedicated on January 15, 1912. The Sayler Park Indian at Thornton Triangle. In the great flood of 1937, the statue was almost entirely submerged by the rising waters of the nearby Ohio River, and just three years later it was hit by a car and damaged. The Sayler Park Indian survived both ignomonious events, but according to Sayler Park resident Amy Searcy, when it was hit again by a slightly tipsy driver in the mid-1960s, the city felt it was beyond repair and sold it to an antiques dealer (some say a junk dealer) in southeast Indiana. The people of Sayler Park rose up as one to protest the loss of their eponymous Indian, and according to Searcy, the...
About PJQandFriends Photography
PJQandFriends began photographing thoroughbred race horses in the early winter of 2008. Our first publication was international! Most photographers do not have this winning start out of the gate, so to speak. To pay their good luck forward, PJQandFriends invited their photographer 'Friends' to join their website, with the slogan "'If we can't shoot it, we know someone who can ... we have Friends! "' Thank you for your continued love and support. Check us out! PJQandFriends Photography www.PJQandFriends.com All photographs are available without dates, just ask!
$22.56
Sunil Kapadia
Congratulations on your sale!
PJQandFriends Photography replied:
Thank you so much Sunil, this statue has been in a little town square for as long as I remember.
Bill Cannon
Congrats on your sale!!!
PJQandFriends Photography replied:
Thank you Bill! I love the history behind this statue and am glad the little town brought him back to life!