Click here to loginLoginView my BookbagMy List - 0HelpHelp
 Search 
 Search Images 
 About 
   
KeywordBrowseCombinedHighlightsSearch HistoryAll Catalogs
Search:    Refine Search  Return to results
> You are only searching: Art Inventories
More Smithsonian Searches
 
 Who else has...
 
  •  
    		• Tangney, P. J.,
     
  •  
    		• Emblem -- Cross
     
  •  
    		• Ethnic -- Irish
     
  •  
    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Cohasset
     
  •  
    		• Sculpture
     
     
    St. John Cross, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Tangney, P. J., sculptor.
    Title: 
    St. John Cross, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Saint John Cross, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated May 30, 1914.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 18 x 4.5 x 4.5 ft.; Base: approx. 1.25 x 6 x 6 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On front, below cross:) THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED AND DEDICATED/MAY 30, 1914 BY THE A.O.H. AND L.A.A.O.H./OF MASSACHUSETTS TO MARK THE FINAL/RESTING PLACE OF ABOUT FORTY-FIVE/IRISH EMIGRANTS FROM A TOTAL COMPANY/OF NINETY-NINE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/ON GRANPUS LEDGE OFF COHASSET/OCTOBER 7, 1849 IN THE WRECK OF THE/BRIG ST. JOHN FROM GALWAY, IRELAND/R.I.P./A.O.H. signed
    Description: 
    An elaborately carved Celtic cross adorned on the front with the seal of the Ancient Order of Hibernians which consists of clasped hands, a harp, a rising sun, ivy, and shamrocks. On the back of the cross is another seal of the Ancient Order of Hibernians which consists of clasped hands, a harp, ivy, and shamrocks.
    Subject: 
    Emblem -- Cross
    Ethnic -- Irish
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Cohasset
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Cohasset, Cohasset, Massachusetts
    Located Cohasset Central Cemetery, Corner of Joy Place & North Main Street, Cohasset, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    The cross was erected by the Ancient Order of Hibernians in honor of Irish emigrants who lost their lives in the wreck of the St. John off the coast of Cohasset on Oct. 7, 1849. IAS files contain a copy of the Massachusetts Historical Commission Form C - Monuments questionnaire.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
    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 MA000420
    Add to my list 
    Copy/Holding information
    Smithsonian AmericanArt MuseumControl Number 
    Inventory of American SculptureMA000420Add Copy to MyList

    Format:HTMLPlain textDelimited
    Subject: 
    Email to:


    Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382
     Powered by SirsiDynix
    About | © 2020 Smithsonian | Terms of Use | Privacy | Contact
    SIRIS - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System