ID: 700008523 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008523	Record Type: Movable Work
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John Russell Pope's Competition Proposal for a Ziggurat Style Monument to Abraham Lincoln (drawing (visual work); John Russell Pope, architect; Lincoln Memorial Commission ; 1912)

Note: In 1912 John Russell Pope submitted several entries to the design competition for the Lincoln Memorial. They were each distinct from one another. This submission was a unique pyramid design. Known as the Ziggurat Style, this style features middle eastern inspired stepped pyramids.

Titles:

John Russell Pope's Competition Proposal for a Ziggurat Style Monument to Abraham Lincoln (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,U,U)

Ziggurat Style Monument to Abraham Lincoln (C,U,DE,undetermined,U,U)

John Russell Pope's design for the Lincoln Memorial, #1 (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

drawing (visual work) [300033973] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

drawings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1912

Creator Display:

John Russell Pope, architect; Lincoln Memorial Commission [preferred,VP]

commissioner (person who orders works) Lincoln Memorial Commission (American presidential advisory commission, 1911-ca. 1927) [500372721]

architect Pope, John Russell (American architect, 1874-1937) [500126218]

Locations:

United States National Archives and Records Administration (Washington, DC, United States) [500263780] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: National Archives Identifier: 6065986; Inventory 16, E367, B-4; ARC Identifier: 6065986

Display Materials: drawing

	drawing (image-making) [300054196]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <drawing and drawing techniques>)

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

Dimensions: unavailable

General Subject:

architecture (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	ziggurat [300007626]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, religious structures) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

............... Group 42: Records of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, 1790 - 1992

.................... Series: Proposal Plans for a Lincoln Memorial, 1911 - 1915

..... Conceptual Works

.......... Conceptual works by class: for architecture

............... Lincoln Memorial Project

.................... Lincoln Memorial Competition 1911-1912

Sources and Contributors:
John Russell Pope's Competition Proposal for a Ziggurat Style Monument to Abraham Lincoln	........ [VP]
	........ National Archives and Records Administration database (1987-)
Ziggurat Style Monument to Abraham Lincoln	........ [VP]
	........ National Archives and Records Administration database (1987-)
John Russell Pope's design for the Lincoln Memorial, #1	........ [VP]
	........ Unknown source
	........ History of the National Mall [online] (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... History of the National Mall [online] (2000-)