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Struthers & Company,
Homage -- McLaughlin, John T.
Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington
Sculpture
Lieutenant John T. McLaughlin Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Struthers & Company, carver.
Title:
Lieutenant John T. McLaughlin Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated July 6, 1847.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: marble; Base: marble
Inscription:
STRUTHERS, PHILA. / THIS MONUMENT IS RAISED BY THOSE/WHO SERVED WITH DURING HIS/COMMAND OF THE NAVAL FLOTILLA/IN THE FLORIDA WAR / (Base, rear:) SALVADORA MCLAUGHLIN / WIFE W.M. PATERSON/AND DAUGHTER OF THE LATE/RICHARD W. MEADE OF PHILADELPHIA/BORN IN CADIZ, SPAIN, DEC. 27TH, 1812./DIED IN PERTH AMBOY, N.J., SEPT. 10, 1886./LOOKING FOR THE RESURRECTION/DEAD AND HIS LIFE OF THE WORLD TO COME./THE COMMITTED TO HIM/SHOWS THE APPRECIATION OF HIS GOVERNMENT/THIS MARBLE (...inscription illegible) THE ESTIMATION OF HIS FRIENDS (Base, front:) SACRED/TO THE MEMORY OF/JOHN T. Mc LAUGHLIN/A LIEUTENANT/IN THE NAVY OF THE U.STATES/DIED JULY 6, 1847, AG. 35 YEARS. signed
Description:
A carved marble cannon positioned vertically on top of four cannon balls. The sculpture rests on a three-tiered square base.
Subject:
Homage -- McLaughlin, John T.
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Association for the Preservation of Historic Congressional Cemetery, 1801 E Street, S.E., Washington, District of Columbia 20003
Located Congressional Cemetery, 1801 E Street, S.E., Southeast section, range 50, site 253, Washington, District of Columbia 20003
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, pg. 94.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, District of Columbia survey, 1993.
Goode, James M., "Washington Sculpture: A Cultural History of Outdoor Sculpture in the Nation's Capitol," Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008, no. 1.45.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, A-42.
Goode, James M., "Washington Sculpture: A Cultural History of Outdoor Sculpture in the Nation's Capitol," Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008, no. 1.45.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS 76007980
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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