Bird Girl Statue

The Bird Girl Statue was made in 1936 by Sylvia Shaw Hudson at her family summer home Ragdale. The statue's claim to fame was in 1994 when it was featured on the cover of the novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

The statue stands at 50 inches tall and is cast in bronze. It is a representation of a young girl in a simple dress with a sad or contemplative expression. She is holding two bowls out from her sides which are often described as Bird Feeders.

Four statues were created and delivered around the United States. The most famous one was the fourth which was purchased by a family in Savannah and named it Little Wendy and set up at the family plot at Bonaventure Cemetery.

The statue sat unnoticed for years until Random House hired photographer Jack Leigh found the statue and shot it for the cover of the Novel. The cover was an immediate hit and is known as one of the strongest book covers. Due to the popularity that the statue received from the book cover, it was moved from the cemetery and placed in the Telfair Museum of Art in Savannah for the public to view and enjoy its beauty.