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(Birt Family Monument), (sculpture). Artist:  Bresnihan, sculptor. Title:  (Birt Family Monument), (sculpture). Medium:  Sculpture: marble; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 25 ft. x 6 ft. 4 1/4 in. x 4 ft. 7 1/4 in.; Base: approx. 1.5 x 7 x 6 ft. Inscription:  BRESNIHAN/CHA'ST'N, S.C. (Front:) JACOB BIRT,/DIED DEC. 12, 1876./AGED 65 YEARS./ANN ELIZABETH/BELOVED WIFE OF/JACOB BIRT,/DIED MAY 18, 1898./AGED 60 YEARS./BIRT (Back:) JOSE JARA,/DIED JUNE 28, 1885./AGED 51 YEARS. signed Description:  One standing and two seated figures mounted on an ornamented base. Figure on the proper left dressed in a hooded robe and holding an inverted torch. Figure on the proper right is in peplos and holding a tablet and a quill. Between these seated figures is a standing figure of an angel on a pedestal decorated with a wreath of roses and daisies with dianthus. Angel holds a wreath to a draped cross. Subject:  Figure group Homage -- Birt, Jacob Homage -- Birt, Ann Elizabeth Homage -- Jara, Jose Religion -- Angel Emblem -- Cross Object -- Written Matter Object -- Other -- Wreath Object -- Flower -- Rose Object -- Flower -- Daisy Object -- Other -- Torch Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- South Carolina -- Charleston Gravestone Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Magnolia Cemetery Trust, P. O. Box 392, Charleston, South Carolina 29745 Located Magnolia Cemetery, 70 Cunnington Avenue, Charleston, South Carolina 29405 References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Carolina survey, 1993. 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 SC000160   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture SC000160 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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