Johnson Memorial is a public artwork from the foundry of Jno. Williams, Inc., located at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C., United States. Johnson Memorial was originally surveyed as part of the Smithsonian's Inventory of American Painting and Sculpture in 1976–1969. The monument serves as the grave site for the Johnson family, including well-known psychiatrist Loren Bascom Taber Johnson.
| Johnson Memorial | |
|---|---|
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| Artist | Jno. Williams Inc. |
| Year | |
| Type | Bronze |
| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| 38°56′54.13″N 77°0′44.25″W / 38.9483694°N 77.0122917°W | |
| Owner | Rock Creek Cemetery |
Description
editThis bronze sarcophagus is decorated with angels on all four corners and draped garlands. A draped urn is on top and the sarcophagus sits upon a granite base.[1]
The front of the memorial is inscribed:
- FRANCIS OLIVER
- JOHNSON
- BORN MARCH XXIV/MDCCC-LXXVII
- DIED MAY XVII
- MCMVI
- LOREN BASCOM TABER
- JOHNSON
- BORN JUNE XV, MCCCLXXV
- DIED DECEMBER SIV, MCMXLI
It is signed: Jno. Williams Inc. Founders, N.Y.[1]
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Proper Left Statue -
Founder's Mark -
Proper Left
Further reading
edit- Goode, James M. Washington Sculpture: A Cultural History of Outdoor Sculpture in the Nation's Capital. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press (2009). ISBN 0-8018-8810-7
- Mitchell, William Donald. American art in bronze and iron: Jno. Williams, Inc. New York: William Donald Mitchell (1906).
References
edit- ^ a b SOS! (1969). "Johnson Memorial (sculpture)". Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture. Smithsonian. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
External links
edit- "Two of a Kind" from Gravely Speaking