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THE MODERN CEMETERY. 
THE AUCiUST ISELMONT MEMORIAL, NEWPORT, R. I. 
The Belmont Memorial. 
The August Belmont memorial in the Island cemetery 
Newport, R. I., is one of the most beautiful examples of monu- 
mental art in this country. It is Grecian in design and was made 
from plans furnished by R. M. Hunt, the New York architect. 
The proportions of the structure are so nicely drawn that it is 
less imposing than a statement of the dimensions would lead one 
to presume, writes a Newport correspondent. From the center 
of a semi-elliptical platform, with a frontage of thirty-two feet, 
rises a Grecian temple twenty-two feet in height 
and ten feet in depth. At the corners of the tem- 
ple are square marble pillars, with Ionic capitals, 
which support a massive entablature, with cornice 
and freize, enriched with carved mouldings. Two 
beautifully modelled caryatides flank either side of 
the entrance to the temple, and while acting as 
mute sentinels to the tomb, support the ends of an 
arch that joins the two front pillars. The span- 
drels are adorned with carved palm branches. 
The walls on three sides of the structure are of sin- 
gle blocks of marble and rise to the height of the 
caryatides. Above this are open semicircular 
spaces, in the center of each stands a Grecian 
urn. Inside of the temple is a massive sarcopha- 
gus of polished red Scotch granite, and carved 
upon it are branches of laurel, oak and palm. 
Wing walls, ten feet in height, on either side of the 
temple, curve from it to handsomely designed pil- 
lars at either end of the structure. Marble bench- 
es follow the inside of the wall, the upper portion 
of which is formed of panels of lattice work in 
marble. The rail surmounting the wall is finely 
polished and carved, and, in fact, every part of 
this chaste memorial has been executed with the 
utmost care. The marble is from the quarries at 
Lee, Mass., over one hundred tons of it being used in the 
work, which cost about $30,000. 
Fro7n a Paris Toinhstone. 
“Here lies Anathese Bardotix, who died at the 
age of 72, leaving his fortune to his youthful and 
amiable widow. On account of the great difference 
of their age, the deceased was to her a second father.” 
REAR VIEW, BELMONT MEMORIAL. 
