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Categories for the Description of Works of Art


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Competition drawing

Object/Work Catalog Level: item

Type:
           competition drawing
           design drawing
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  Authority
Classification Terms:
           prints and drawings
           American art
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Titles or Names Text: Temple Design for the Lincoln Memorial
    Preference: preferred
    Type: descriptive
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Creation Creator Description: architect: Henry Bacon (American, 1866-1924); draftsman: Jules Guéren (French, 19th-20th century) Free text
  Identity: Bacon, Henry
Role: architect

Identity: Guéren, Jules
Role:
draftsman
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  Creation Date: 1912
Earliest: 1912  Latest: 1912
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Measurements Dimensions Description: unavailable Free text
Materials and Techniques Description: ink and watercolor on paper Free text
  Material Names:
        ink Role: medium
        watercolor Role: medium
        paper Role: support
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Subject Matter Indexing Terms:
        architecture
        elevation
        White House (Washington, DC, 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: Bacon's design was the winner of the second design competition for the Lincoln Memorial. It is based on a plan similar to that of the Parthenon in Athens. Free text
Related Works Relationship Type: depicts
Related Object/Work Label/Identification:
Lincoln Memorial (Washington, DC, United States); Henry Bacon (American architect, 1866-1924) and Daniel Chester French (American sculptor, 1850-1931); 1915-1922
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Current Location Repository Name/Geographic Location: Library of Congress (Washington, DC, United States)
Repository Number: unavailable
Authority   Free text
Revised 28 August 2006