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Fray Antonio Margil de Jesus, (sculpture). Artist:  Sanchez, Antonio Mendoza, sculptor. Title:  Fray Antonio Margil de Jesus, (sculpture). Dates:  1976. Dedicated Oct. 3, 1976. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figure: bronze with green patina; Base: brick and concrete with stone pebbles. Dimensions:  Figure: approx. 58 x 17 x 30 in.; Base: approx. H. 13 1/2 in. x Diam. 48 in. Inscription:  (On lower proper left of figure:) Mendoza 1976 signed Description:  Standing figure of Fray Antonio Margil. He wears a long robe with a hood and is barefoot. Proper right hand holds a staff. At the base of the figure is a sunken pool. Subject:  Portrait male -- Margil, Antonio -- Full length Dress -- Accessory -- Cane Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Nacogdoches Fountain Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Sacred Heart Church, 2508 Appleby Sand Road, Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Located 504 North Street, Nacogdoches, Texas Remarks:  Fray Antonio Margil was the founder of Nacogdoches in 1716. Figure was installed during the 1976 United States Bicentennial. Nearby plaque reads: Fray Antonio Margil de Jesus/1681-1726/"THE EYES OF FATHER MARGIL"/There was at the time a severe drought in all/areas of East Texas and of such long/duration that not only human beings but all/animals were suffering critically of thirst, [sic]/In this extremity, like Moses of/old, Margil.[sic] with a prayer on his/lips, struck a rock with his cane/commanding that water come forth. All at/once there was water, cool and/in abundance too./By Msgr William H. Oberste. For related information see "Handbook of Texas", edited by Walter P. Webb, Austin, 1952-1976, Vol. II, pg. 142; Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel, May 16, Oct. 2, Oct. 3, Oct. 4, 1976. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1993. 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 TX000455   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture TX000455 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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