ANN AMERICA,

WIFEOF L. GAMBRILL,

AND DAUGHER OF

REV. L. PIERCE,

BORN DEC. 10^TH 1815,

DIED DEC. 1^ST 1859.

“THIS IS THE VICTORY THAT OVERCOM-

ETH THE WORLD EVEN OUR FAITH.”

The white marble monument in the Linwood Cemetery in Columbus, Georgia, of Ann America Gambrill is festooned with flowers decorating the rounded top.  The gravestone also has a deep inset with a bas-relief allegorical figure of Faith.  Faith holds a closed book, likely a Bible, in one hand and her other holds a Latin cross, the universal symbol of Christianity.

The neoclassical sculpture displays a Greek sculptural scheme referred to as contrapposto, which is an Italian word meaning counterpoise.  The figure is poised “such that the weight rests on one leg, freeing the other leg, which is bent at the knee.  With the weight shift, the hips, shoulders, and head tilt, suggesting relaxation.”  In early classical sculptures the statues were often nude figures but also draped as in this example.