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Pension Building Frieze, (sculpture). Artist:  Buberl, Caspar, 1834-1899, sculptor. Meigs, Montgomery Cunningham, 1816-1892, sculptor. Boston Terra Cotta Company, fabricator. Title:  Pension Building Frieze, (sculpture). Other Titles:  United States Soldiers and Sailors of the Civil War, (sculpture). Dates:  1882. Cast 1883. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Relief frieze: terra cotta. Dimensions:  Relief frieze: approx. H. 3 ft. D. 4 in. L. 1,200 ft. Description:  The buff-colored relief frieze which circles the building just above the first floor windows is composed of two to four feet long terra cotta panels. The running frieze depicts Civil War soldiers and sailors marching, riding horses, driving wagons, rowing boats, and pulling artillery. The portions of the frieze over the entrance arches on each side of the building reflect the themes of each entrance arch --the Gate of Invalids on the north, the Gate of the Quartermaster on the west, the Gate of the Infantry on the south, and the gate of the Navy on the east. Allegorical figures in the spandrels of the entrance arches symbolize Peace through figures of Justice on the north, Truth on the south and War through figures of Mars on the east and Minerva on the west. There are two smaller friezes ringing the building, one depicting alternating upright cannons and exploding cannon balls appears above the third floor windows and one depicting crossed swords, stars, and cannon balls runs around the building above the second floor windows. Subject:  Figure group History -- United States -- Civil War Equestrian Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Occupation -- Military -- Sailor Architecture -- Vehicle -- Wagon Architecture -- Boat Object -- Weapon -- Cannon Allegory -- Quality -- Justice Allegory -- Quality -- Truth Allegory -- Civic -- Peace Allegory -- Civic -- War Mythology -- Classical -- Mars Mythology -- Classical -- Minerva Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington Relief Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States General Services Administration, Washington, District of Columbia Located National Building Museum, 401 F Street, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia Remarks:  Meigs designed the Pension Building in 1882 based on the sixteenth century Palazzo Farnese in Rome. IAS files contain a copy of a booklet, Lyons, Linda Brody, "A Handbook to the Pension Building Home of the National Building Museum," Washington, DC: National Building Museum, 1993, which describes the construction of the Pension Building and the friezes in great detail. The image in the Goode publication is a detail shot of the Gate of the Quartermaster portion of the frieze on the west side of the building. 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. 231. 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, F-10. 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 DC000220   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture DC000220 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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