Framed marble bas-relief of Edith Nicolls
date: label: Date
content: 1948
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Lieutenant Vernon O. Nicolls, American, 1909 - 2003
label: Subject of
content: Edith Nicolls, American, 1914 - 2009
notes: label: Caption
content: Vernon Nicolls was born in Barbados in 1909 and immigrated to the U.S. in 1915. During World War II, while living in Brooklyn, Nicolls enlisted as a Private in the Army at Fort Jay on Governor's Island, New York, in 1942. After graduating from Officer Candidate School, Lieutenant Nicolls served in Italy with the 758th Tank Battalion, the Army's first African American armored unit. According to his family, Lt. Nicolls had this bas-relief made for his wife, Edith, while he was serving in Italy during the war.
label: Description
content: A framed, marble bas-relief of Edith Nicolls, wife of Lieutenant Vernon O. Nicolls. The relief is has been carved from white marble that has been mounted on a dark red velvet mat. The relief is roughly square in shape and depicts the face, neck and top of the shoulders of Edith Nicolls. Nicolls has her hair up and she is smiling. The relief and mat are housed in a white, gold speckled frame with a gold accented floral motif band decorating the front of the frame. The back of the frame is black coated cardboard with a two way easel stand and a silver-toned sawtooth picture hanger at the top edge. A white sticker attached to back of frame has black, handwritten text that reads, [E[---?] Gloria Nicolls / ROME ITALY / 1948].
place: label: Place made
content: Rome, Italy, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Families
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
label: Exhibition
content: Double Victory: The African American Military Experience
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kay L. Nicolls
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.142.7
objectType: label: Type
content: bas-reliefs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown – Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: marble on velvet with wood, cardboard, metal and pressure-sensitive tape
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 8 1/16 × 7 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (20.5 × 19 × 3.1 cm)