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Lawrie, Lee Oskar,
Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor,
General Bronze Corporation,
Portrait male -- Lamarck, Jean de Monet
Portrait male -- Galton, Francis
Portrait male -- Watt, James
Portrait male -- Gibbs, Josiah Willard
Portrait male -- Franklin, Benjamin
Portrait male -- von Helmholtz, Herman L. F.
Portrait male -- Huygens, Christian
Portrait male -- Darwin, Charles
Portrait male -- Lyell, Charles
Portrait male -- Faraday, Michael
Portrait male -- Von Humboldt, Alexander
Portrait male -- Dalton, John
Portrait male -- Galilei, Galileo
Portrait male -- Leonardo da Vinci
Portrait male -- Hipparchus
Portrait male -- Euclid
Portrait male -- Democritus
Portrait male -- Thales
Portrait male -- Hippocrates
Portrait male -- Aristotle
Ethnic -- Scottish
Ethnic -- French
Ethnic -- British
Ethnic -- Dutch
Ethnic -- German
Ethnic -- Italian
Ethnic -- Polish
Ethnic -- Greek
Ethnic -- Austrian
Ethnic -- Swedish
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington
Sculpture
The Progress of Science, (sculpture).
Artist:
Lawrie, Lee Oskar, 1877-1963, sculptor.
Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924, architect.
General Bronze Corporation, founder.
Title:
The Progress of Science, (sculpture).
Dates:
1923.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Reliefs: bronze.
Dimensions:
6 reliefs. Each relief: approx. H. 5 ft. W. 10 ft.
Inscription:
(Panel 1:) GALTON GIBBS HELMHOLTZ DARWIN LYELL FARADAY (Panel 2:) HUMBOLDT/DALTON LAMARCK
WATT
FRANKLIN HUYGENS (Panel 3:) GALILEO LEONARDO HIPPARCHUS EUCLID DEMOCRITUS THALES (Panel 4:) HIPPOCRATES ARISTOTLE ARCHIMEDES COPERNICUS VESALIUS/HARVEY (Panel 5:) DESCARTES NEWTON LINNAEUS LAVOISIER LAPLACE CUVIER GAUSS (Panel 6:) CARNOT BERNARD JOULE PASTEUR MENDEL MAXWELL unsigned
Description:
Six low relief panels located on the front entrance of the building illustrate the progress of science through portraits of famous scientists. The panels are located in the recessed window frames on either side of the front entrance; three panels on each side. Each panel depicts six
male
figures in profile. The name of each figure appears along the top, just above each head.
Panel one from left to right: 1) Sir Francis Galton of England (1822-1911) holding a large tablet; 2) Josiah Willard Gibbs of Connecticut (1839-1903) holding a large book; 3) Herman L. F. von Helmholtz of England (1821-1894) holding a small book in his proper right hand and a ball in his proper left hand; 4) Charles R. Darwin of England (1809-1882) seated in a chair with a dog at his feet; 5) Sir Charles Lyell of Scotland (1797-1875) examining something held in his proper right hand 6) Sir Michael Faraday of England (1791-1867) working on an experiment.
Panel two from left to right: 1) Alexander von Humboldt of Germany (1769-1859) holding a book; 2) John Dalton of England (1766-1844) seated reading a paper; 3) Jean de Monet Lamarck of France (1744-1829) holding something in his proper left hand; 4)
James
Watt
of Scotland (1736-1819) holding a v-shaped compass for drawing circles in his proper left hand poised over paper which he balances on his raised proper left leg; 5) Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania (1706-1790) holding a kite in his proper right hand and a key in his proper left hand; 6) Christian Huygens of The Netherlands (1629-1695) stooped over a project involving a ladder with a hourglass.
Panel three from left to right: 1) Galileo Galilei of Italy (1564-1642) standing with the Tower of Pisa leaning behind him; Leonardo da Vinci of Italy (1452-1519) holding a bird in his proper left hand; and the following Greek philosophers 3) Hipparchus (146-127 B.C.) holding a staff in his proper left hand and looking toward a crab dangling in front of him; 4) Euclid (fl. 300 B.C.) holding a triangle in his proper right hand; 5) Democritus (ca. 470-380 B.C.) with a symbol for the sun shining over him; and 6) Thales (ca. 624-545 B.C.) kneeling holding a large v-shaped compass.
Panel four from left to right: 1) Hippocrates (fl. 460 B.C.) pouring liquid from a bottle into a bowl held by a young boy; 2) Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) seated with his proper right hand raised in the direction of a small equestrian statue mounted on a pedestal; 3) Archimedes holding a bowl and a ball; 4) Nicolaus Copernicus of Poland (1773-1543) looking up at the sky and pointing to a large globe in front of him; 5) Andreas Vesalius of Belgium (1514-1564) holding a bone in his proper right hand; 6) William Harvey of England (1578-1657) holding an apple.
Panel five from left to right: 1) Rene Descartes of France (1596-1650) holding an apple; 2) Sir Issac Newton of England (1642-1727) holding a walking stick; 3) Carolus Linnaeus of Sweden (1707-1778) holding a plant; 4) Antoine Laurent Lavoisier of France (1743-1794) seated resting his arms on a stack of books; 5)Pierre Simon Laplace of France (1749-1827); 6) Frederick Dagobert Cuvier of France (1769-1832) is just barely visible behind Karl Friedrich Gauss of Germany (1777-1855).
Panel six from left to right: 1) Nicolas Carnot of France (1796-1832) heating a large test tube; 2) Claude Bernard of France (1813-1878) seated holding a test tube over a large bowl; 3)
James
Prescott Joule of England (1818-1889) seated with a symbol of a gear over his head; 4) Louis Pasteur of France (1822-1895) standing over a microscope 5) Gregor Johanes Mendel of Austria (1822-1884) holding a small plant; and
James
Clerk Maxwell of Scotland (1731-1879) standing next to an experiment.
Subject:
Portrait
male
--
Lamarck, Jean de Monet
--
Full
length
Portrait
male
--
Galton, Francis
--
Full
length
Portrait
male
--
Watt
,
James
--
Full
length
Portrait
male
--
Gibbs, Josiah Willard
--
Full
length
Portrait
male
--
Franklin, Benjamin
--
Full
length
Portrait
male
--
von Helmholtz, Herman L. F.
--
Full
length
Portrait
male
--
Huygens, Christian
--
Full
length
Portrait
male
--
Darwin, Charles
--
Full
length
Portrait
male
--
Lyell, Charles
--
Full
length
Portrait
male
--
Faraday, Michael
--
Full
length
Portrait
male
--
Von Humboldt, Alexander
--
Full
length
Portrait
male
--
Dalton, John
--
Full
length
Portrait
male
--
Galilei, Galileo
--
Full
length
Portrait
male
--
Leonardo da Vinci
--
Full
length
Portrait
male
--
Hipparchus
--
Full
length
Portrait
male
--
Euclid
--
Full
length
Portrait
male
--
Democritus
--
Full
length
Portrait
male
--
Thales
--
Full
length
Portrait
male
--
Hippocrates
--
Full
length
Portrait
male
--
Aristotle
--
Full
length
Ethnic
--
Scottish
Ethnic
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French
Ethnic
--
British
Ethnic
--
Dutch
Ethnic
--
German
Ethnic
--
Italian
Ethnic
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Polish
Ethnic
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Greek
Ethnic
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Austrian
Ethnic
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Swedish
Object Type:
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture
--
District of Columbia
--
Washington
Sculpture
Owner:
National Academy of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Entrance facade, Washington, District of Columbia 20418
Remarks:
Goode publication contains an image of only panel number three.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, District of Columbia survey, 1994.
Goode,
James
M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, pg. 440.
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. M-2.
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 DC000122
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