Sims Memorial Monument, (sculpture).

Sims Memorial Monument, (sculpture).

Unknown (Italian), sculptor.

Sims Memorial Monument, (sculpture).

Sculpture: white carrara marble; Base: white carrara marble.

Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. x 1 ft. 10 in. x 2 ft. 3 in.; Base: approx. 8 in. x 3 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. 4 in.

(On back:) ANNIE AND JENNIE/DAUGHTERS OF/J.G.F. & S.A.E.G. SIMS/SIMS (On proper right:) ANNIE/BORN/FEBRUARY 3, 1866/DIED/AUGUST 31, 1890. (On front:) SACRED/TO THE MEMORY OF/OUR SISTERS/(scripture) (On proper left:) JENNIE/BORN JULY 17, 1869/DIED/AUGUST 27, 1890.

Figure of a standing angel wearing a long flowing robe. Her proper right knee is raised to balance an open book, in which she is writing with a quill pen that she holds in her proper right hand. Her proper left hand holds the edge of the book. She has long curly hair below her shoulders.

Religion -- Angel

Homage -- Sims, Annie

Homage -- Sims, Jennie

Object -- Other -- Writing Tool

Object -- Written Matter -- Book

Outdoor Sculpture -- South Carolina -- Columbia

Elmwood Cemetery, 501 Elmwood Avenue, Columbia, South Carolina 29201

Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Carolina survey, 1993.

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