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Memorial

Object/Work Catalog Level: item
Type: memorial
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  Components/Parts-Quantity: 1 Type: building
Components/Parts-Quantity:
1 Type: statue
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Classification Terms:
           architecture
           sculpture
           American art
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Titles or Names Text: Lincoln Memorial
    Preference: preferred
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Creation Creator Description: architect Henry Bacon (American, 1866-1924) and sculptor Daniel Chester French (American, 1850-1931) Free text
  Identity: Bacon, Henry
Role: architect

Identity: French, Daniel Chester
Role: sculptor
Authority
Authority
  Creation Date: designed 1911-1912; constructed 1914-1922

Date Qualifier:
design
Earliest:
1911 Latest: 1912
Date Qualifier: construction
Earliest:
1914 Latest: 1922
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Measurements Dimensions Description: building: 30.18 m (height) (99 feet); statue: 5.79 m (height) (19 feet) Free text
  Dimensions Extent: building
Value: 30.18 Unit: m Type: height
Dimensions Extent: statue
Value: 5.79 Unit: m Type: width
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Materials and Techniques Description: exterior: Colorado Yule marble; tripods: Pink Tennessee marble; interior walls and columns: Indiana limestone; ceiling: Alabama marble saturated with paraffin for translucency; floor and wall base: Pink Tennessee marble; pedestal and platform for statue: Tennessee marble; statue: White Georgia marble Free text
  Extent: building
Material Names:

        marble
        limestone

Extent: sculpture
Material Name:
marble
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Inscriptions/Marks Transcription or Inscription: inscribed above the statue: IN THIS TEMPLE / AS IN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE / FOR WHOM HE SAVED THE UNION / THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN / IS ENSHRINED FOREVER; [the northern wall contains an inscription of Lincoln's second inaugural speech, the southern wall contains an inscription of the Gettysburg address] Free text
Subject Matter Indexing Terms:
         architecture
         commemoration
         Abraham Lincoln (American president, 1809-1865)
         Union (United States)
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Context Events-Event Identification: Second competition for the Lincoln Memorial
Date: 1911-1912
Earliest: 1911 Latest: 1912
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Descriptive Note Text: Design was chosen by competiton. The chosen design was influenced by the Greek Parthenon. Built into the design are symbols of Union like the 36 exterior Doric columns representing the 36 states in the Union at the time of Lincoln's death. Free text
  Citation: Mall in Washington, 1791-1991 (1991) Authority
Current Location Repository Name/Geographic Location: Washington (DC, United States) Authority
Revised 28 August 2006