William A. Starke Memorial
42°59′48″N 87°56′32″W / 42.996736°N 87.942286°W / 42.996736; -87.942286Owner Forest Home Cemetery Sculptures U.S. coins designed
William A. Starke Memorial is a public art work by American artist Robert Ingersoll Aitken, located in the Forest Home Cemetery on the south side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[1] The artwork is a bronze figure depicting a seated angel. It is located in Section 33 of the cemetery at 2405 W. Forest Home Ave.[2]
The work commemorates William Starke, a local business man involved with the C.H. Starke Bridge Company, the Christopher Steamship Company, and the Sheriff Manufacturing Company.[2]
References
- ^ "In Memoriam William A. Starke (sculpture)". Inventory of American Sculpture, Smithsonian Institution Research Information System. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
- ^ a b Buck, Diane M.; Palmer, Virginia A. (1995). Outdoor Sculpture in Milwaukee: A Cultural and Historical Guidebook. Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin. ISBN 978-0-87020-276-6.
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