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Irish Brigade Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  O'Donovan, William Rudolf, 1844-1920, sculptor. Power, Maurice J., 1838-1902, contractor. Duncan, John Hemingway, 1855-1929, architect. Title:  Irish Brigade Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated July 2, 1888. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Monument: Quincy granite and Standard bronze; Base: stone. Dimensions:  Overall: approx. 19 ft. 6 in. x 10 ft. 2 in. x 8 ft. Inscription:  (Text plaques on front of monument, below Irish hound) Description:  A polished granite shaft with inset bronze carved in the shape of a traditional Celtic Cross. At the top of the cross is the trefoil symbol of the 2nd Army Corps. Beneath it are five medallions with the numeric designation of the three New York regiments that made up the Irish Brigade, the New York State Seal, and the seal of Ireland. At the base lies a life-size Irish wolf hound in bronze, representing faith and devotion. A bronze plaque on the right face of the base represents a section of an artillery battery in action and honors Captain James Rorty's 14th New York Independent battery. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War History -- United States -- New York Ethnic -- Irish Emblem -- Cross Emblem -- Seal Homage -- Rorty, James Occupation -- Military -- Colonel Animal -- Dog -- Hound Allegory -- Quality -- Faith Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia Administered by Gettysburg National Military Park, 97 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325 Located Gettysburg National Military Park, Sickles Avenue, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325 Remarks:  The monument honors three New York regiments of the Irish Brigade, a unit organized by former Irish revolutionary Thomas Francis Meagher. It was erected at a cost of $5,000. The sculptor was William Rudolph O'Donovan; John H. Duncan designed the monument; and Maurice J. Powers was contractor. IAS files contain excerpt from: Frederick Hawthorne's "Gettysburg: Stories of Men and Monuments," Assn. of Licensed Battlefield Guides, 1988, pg. 66. The monument (referred to as MN 156) is on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures and is referenced in the Gettysburg National Military Park Archives, vol. 20, 1975-1976. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS PA001978   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA001978 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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