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:
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Creation
Creator Description: architect Henry
Bacon (American, 1866-1924) and sculptor Daniel Chester
French (American, 1850-1931)
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Identity:
Bacon, Henry Role:
architect
Identity:French, Daniel Chester Role:
sculptor
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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)
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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
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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]
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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.
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Citation: Mall in Washington, 1791-1991
(1991)
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Current Location
Repository Name/Geographic Location:
Washington (DC, United States)