Artist Unknown Owner Rock Creek Cemetery Year 1898 | Type Marble & Granite Created 1898 | |
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Dimensions 400 cm × 230 cm × 230 cm (156 in × 90 in × 90 in) Location Washington, D.C., United States Similar Adams Memorial, Peace Monument, Ulysses S Grant Memorial, Daniel Webster Memorial, Victims of Communism Memorial | ||
Thompson-Harding Monument is a public artwork by an unknown artist, located at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C., United States. "Thompson-Harding Monument" was originally surveyed as part of the Smithsonian's Save Outdoor Sculpture! survey in 1993.
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Description
This two sided sculpture's focal point is a large granite cross placed upon three granite steps. On the north side of the cross stands a full-size portrait of N. Elbridge Thompson and on the opposite side is a full-size portrait of Lillie May Harding. Thompson wears a suit with a long jacket, vest and bow tie. He has sideburns, a mustache and a beard. Harding wears a long dress with intricate carvings of lace on the borders. She has long hair which lies over her proper right shoulder and in her proper left hand she holds a lily.
The north side of the monument is engraved: THOMPSON The south side of the monument is engraved: HARDING
The west side of the base is engraved:
ERECTED BY ELLEN J. THOMPSON AND S. ELIZABETH HARDINGInformation
This monument was erected by members of both families. Lillie May Harding died in 1897 at the age of twenty-seven.
Condition
This sculpture was surveyed in 1993 for its condition and it was described as needing treatment.