Bonaventure series
Date1996 - 1997
Mediumetchings on BFK Rives paper
DimensionsPlate Sizes: 3 15/16 × 5 1/4 inches to 6 x 11 13/16 inches
Sheet Sizes: 9 1/8 × 12 inches to 12 7/8 x 17 3/16 inches
Portfolio/Series"Bonaventure" series
Credit LineGift of Harriett DeLong.
Object number2019.28.1-.6
Copyright© Harriett DeLong.
The images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextA multifaceted man, David Delong was an award-winning athlete, Golden Globes boxer, and race driver. He also studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and enjoyed a 50 year career as a visual artist. Delong’s work ranged from paintings and etchings of his beloved motorcycle racing to figures and mythological subjects. Delong and his artist wife Harriett moved to Savannah in 1994. After his death in 2001, the museum mounted an exhibition of his work and created an accompanying catalog, published in 2006.
Delong was taken with the environment of Bonaventure, particularly its figurative sculpture, and created a series of related etchings. The prints shown here include Delong’s impressions of several of Bonaventure’s monuments featuring female figures. These include the John Walz-sculpted figure atop the Dieter monument, the standing figure from the Seiler monument, and the angel of the Taliaferro monument. Another etching from this series features a group of markers from Bonaventure’s Stoddard plot. Black crows appear in this work behind a cross marker, provide a lively counterpoint to the monuments.Photographed inBonaventure Cemetery, 330 Bonaventure Road, Thunderbolt, Georgia, United States of America
