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Memorial

Figure 110 Lincoln Memorial, designed 1911-1912, constructed 1914-1922
architect: Henry Bacon (American architect, 1866-1924); sculptor: Daniel Chester French (American sculptor, 1850-1931);
Marble and limestone, building: 30.18 m (99 ft), statue: 5.79 m (19 ft);
Frank Schulenburg © Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0.

Object/Work🔺

  • Catalog Level:🔺 item (value type: controlled list)
  • Type:🔺 memorial (value type: authority)

Classification🔺

  • Terms:🔺
    architecture
    sculpture
    American art (value type: controlledl list)

Titles or Names🔺

  • Text:🔺 Lincoln Memorial (value type: free text)
    Preference: preferred (value type: controlled list)

Creation🔺

  • Creator Description:🔺 Henry Bacon (American architect, 1866-1924) and Daniel Chester French (American sculptor, 1850-1931) (value type: free text)

  • Identity:🔺 Bacon, Henry (_value type: authority)
    Role:🔺 architect

  • Identity:🔺 French, Daniel Chester
    Role:🔺 sculptor

  • Creation Date:🔺 designed 1911-1912; constructed 1914-1922 (value type: free text)
    Date Qualifier: design
    Earliest:🔺 1911 Latest:🔺 1912
    Date Qualifier: construction
    Earliest:🔺 1914 Latest:🔺 1922 (value type: controlled format)

Measurements🔺

  • Dimensions Description:🔺 building: 30.18 m (99 ft); statue: 5.79 m (19 ft) (value type: free text)

  • Dimensions Extent: building
    Value: 30.18 Unit: m Type: height

  • Dimensions Extent: statue
    Value: 5.79 Unit: m Type: height (value type: controlled format and controlled lists)

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
    (value type: free text)

  • Extent: building
    Material Name:
    marble
    limestone
    Extent: sculpture
    Material Name:
    marble (value type: authority)

Inscriptions/Marks

  • Transcription or Description: 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] (value type: free text)

    Subject Matter🔺

  • Indexing Terms:🔺
    architecture
    commemoration
    Abraham Lincoln (American President, 1809-1865)
    Union (United States) (value type: authority)

Context

  • Events-Event Identification: Second competition for the Lincoln Memorial (value type: authority)
    Date: 1911-1912 (value type: free text)
    Earliest: 1911 Latest: 1912 (value type: controlled)

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. (value type: free text)

  • Citation: J. Paul Getty Museum online (value type: authority)
    Page: accessed 20 August 2024 (value type: free text)

Current Location🔺

  • Repository Name/Geographic Location:🔺 Washington (DC, United States) (value type: authority)

NOTE: 🔺 indicates a core CDWA category.

Revised 22 August 2024
by Emily Benoff

Figure 110 Lincoln Memorial, designed 1911-1912, constructed 1914-1922
architect: Henry Bacon (American architect, 1866-1924); sculptor: Daniel Chester French (American sculptor, 1850-1931);
Marble and limestone, building: 30.18 m (99 ft), statue: 5.79 m (19 ft);
Frank Schulenburg © Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0.