Porter Monument, (sculpture).

Porter Monument, (sculpture).

Putnam, Brenda, 1890-1975, sculptor.

Runstedy, sculptor. (possibly by)

Buti, Enrico, founder.

Porter Monument, (sculpture).

Original 1897 (?). Cast after 1910.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone.

Sculpture: approx. 12 x 10 x 10 ft.

RUNSTEDY / ENRICO BUTI/MILANO (Rear of sculpture:) PORTER signed Founder's mark appears.

Figure of an angel wearing a long loose gown stands on the second step of a three-stepped base. Behind her is a cross. Her arms are stretched out on either side of her and a large pair of wings spread behind her. She looks down and is about to kneel.

Religion -- Angel

Emblem -- Cross

Homage -- Porter, Henry Kirke

Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh

Allegheny Cemetery, 4734 Butler Street, Section 8 1/2, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15201

This piece is a replica cast of the original granite angel created around 1897. This cast was made after 1910. The most well known of the Porter family in Pittsburgh was Henry Kirke Porter who died in 1921. He was a builder of locomotives and a corporator of the Allegheny Cemetery.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.

Kidney, Walter, "Allegheny Cemetery: A Remote Landscape in Pittsburgh," Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Commission, 1990, pg. 108.

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