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Thompson-Harding Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  Thompson-Harding Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  1898. Medium:  Figures: marble; Cross: granite; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 156 x 90 x 90 in.; Base: approx. 90 x 90 x 90 in. Inscription:  (North side of monument, next to male figure:) THOMPSON (South side of monument, next to female figure:) HARDING (Base, west side:) ERECTED BY ELLEN J. THOMPSON/AND S. ELIZABETH HARDING unsigned Description:  A cross adorned on the north side with a portrait of N. Elbridge Thompson and on the south side with a portrait of Lillie May Harding. Thompson is dressed in a suit consisting of a long jacket, vest and bow tie. He is depicted with long sideburns, moustache and beard. Harding wears a long Gibson dress intricately carved with lace around the borders. Her long hair hangs over her proper right shoulder and she holds a lily in her proper left hand. Subject:  Portrait male -- Thompson, N. Elbridge -- Full length Portrait female -- Harding, Lillie May -- Full length Object -- Flower -- Lily Dress -- Historic -- Nineteenth Century Dress Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington Gravestone Sculpture Owner:  Rock Creek Cemetery, Rock Creek Church Road, N.W., Section E, Washington, District of Columbia 20011 Remarks:  Monument was erected by the families of both of the figures. Lillie May Harding died in 1897 at age twenty-seven. The Goode publication contains an image of only the Thompson side of the monument. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, District of Columbia survey, 1993. Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, pg. 348. Michael Richman, SAAM curatorial assistant, 1967-1969. 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, pg. 348. 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 DC000064   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture DC000064 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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