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Angel of the Resurrection, (sculpture). Artist:  Brown, Henry Kirke, 1814-1886, sculptor. (attributed to) Title:  Angel of the Resurrection, (sculpture). Other Titles:  James B. Hogg Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1850. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 5 x 3 1/2 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 5 x 5 x 3 ft. Inscription:  (On front of base:) THIS MORTAL/MUST PUT ON/IMMORTALITY/ (...illegible) (Base, left side:) GEORGE HOGG/BORN AT CRAMLINGTON (?) /NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY/ENGLAND JUNE 22 (?)1784/EMIGRATED TO THE U.S./SEPT. 1804/AND DIED IN ALLEGHENY/CITY DEC. 5 1849 (Base, right side:) MARY ANN/DAUGHTER OF NATHANIEL & MARY (...illegible)/AND (...illegible) OF/GEORGE HOGG/BORN AT TOW (...illegible) CO./SEPT. (...illegible) 17-7/DIED AT (...illegible)/WHEN ON A (...illegible)/SEPT. 30(?) 1865(?) unsigned Description:  Standing angel wearing a short loose drapery. Her proper right arm is raised up and she looks down to her proper left. Subject:  Religion -- Angel Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Sculpture Owner:  Allegheny Cemetery, 4734 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15201 Remarks:  James B. Hogg was lost at sea in 1854 in the sinking of the Arctic liner, one of the greatest maritime disasters of the period. IAS files contain related information from: Kidney, Walter, "Allegheny Cemetery: A Romantic Landscape in Pittsburgh", PMLF, 1990, pg. 113. The Allegheny Cemetery is a National Historic Landmark as of Dec. 10, 1980. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. Kidney, Walter, "Allegheny Cemetery: A Romantic Landscape in Pittsburgh," PMLF, 1990, pg. 113. 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 76005336   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76005336 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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