Black Aggie

The Agnus grave prior to the statue's removal.

Black Aggie is the folkloric name given to a statue formerly placed on the grave of General Felix Agnus in Druid Ridge Cemetery in Pikesville, Maryland, United States. It is an unauthorized replica – rendered by Edward Ludwig Albert Pausch – of sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens' 1891 allegorical figure, popularly called “Grief”, at the Adams Memorial in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C.[1] The statue is of a somber seated figure in a cowl or shroud.

  1. ^ Mills, Cynthia J. (Summer 2000). "Casting Shadows: The Adams Memorial and Its Doubles". American Art. 14 (2). Smithsonian American Art Museum: 2–25. doi:10.1086/424354. S2CID 192155944.