Artist Jno. Williams Inc. | Year () Location Washington, D.C. | |
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Johnson Memorial is a public artwork from the foundry of Jno. Williams, Inc., located at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C., United States. Johnson Memorial was originally surveyed as part of the Smithsonian's Inventory of American Painting and Sculpture in 1976-1969. The monument serves as the grave site for the Johnson family, including well-known psychiatrist Loren Bascom Taber Johnson.
Description
This bronze sarcophagus is decorated with angels on all four corners and draped garlands. A draped urn is on top and the sarcophagus sits upon a granite base.
The front of the memorial is inscribed:
FRANCIS OLIVERJOHNSONBORN MARCH XXIV/MDCCC-LXXVIIDIED MAY XVIIMCMVILOREN BASCOM TABERJOHNSONBORN JUNE XV, MCCCLXXVDIED DECEMBER SIV, MCMXLIIt is signed: Jno. Williams Inc. Founders, N.Y.
References
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