William R. Singleton Memorial, (sculpture).

William R. Singleton Memorial, (sculpture).

Dunbar, Ulric Stonewall Jackson, 1862-1927, sculptor.

William R. Singleton Memorial, (sculpture).

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: grey granite; Base relief and adornment: bronze.

Sculpture: approx. 38 x 21 x 11 in.; Base: approx. 76 x 57 x 50 in. Base relief: approx. H. 18 in. W. 17 in.; Lower base adornment: approx. H. 16 in. W. 30 in.

(Sculpture, rear:) U.S.J. Dunbar Sc/Feb. 1902/Wash./D.C. (Base, front:) WM R SINGLETON (Base, left side:) GRAND/SECRETARY/OF.GRAND LODGE/F A A M/OF DC (Base, rear:) BORN/IN NORFOLK VA/24TH OCTOBER 1818/DIED/IN WASHINGTON DC/23D FEBRUARY 1901 (Base, right side, under Masonic symbol:) ERECTED/BY/HIS BRETHREN signed

Bust of William Singleton dressed in a jacket and vest rests atop a dark grey granite stepped base. Singleton is depicted with a moustache, a long, wavy beard, and slightly balding head. A bronze relief on the front of the base depicts an allegorical scene of a winged male figure with a long beard. The male figure is holding, or possibly cutting, the hair of a female figure in front of him. The female figure is holding, or possibly pouring, an urn which rests on top a short column. The scene is encompassed with laurel and oak leaves and there is a ribbon tied in a bow at the bottom. Below the relief, at the bottom of the base is a bronze adornment consisting of an open book with an unsheathed sword laying diagonally across its pages. A feather sticks out of the book on the right side and branches of leaves appear on both sides of the book. On the left side of the base is a bronze compass and level, the Masonic symbol. A geometric symbol appears on the right side of the base.

Portrait male -- Singleton, William R. -- Bust

Emblem -- Masonic

Object -- Written Matter -- Book

Object -- Weapon -- Sword

Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington

Oak Hill Cemetery, 3001 R Street, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20007

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985

Save Outdoor Sculpture, District of Columbia survey, 1993.

Michael Richman, SAAM curatorial assistant, 1967-1969.

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