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    		• Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt,
     
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    		• Horrigan, John,
     
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    		• Bacon, Henry,
     
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    		• Meeker, John L.,
     
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    		• Meeker, William P.,
     
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    		• Meeker Brothers,
     
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    		• Piccirilli Brothers Marble Carving Studios,
     
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    		• R. B. Phelps Stone Company,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Nude
     
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    		• Disaster -- Shipwreck
     
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    		• Bench
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington
     
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    Titanic Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt, 1875?-1942, sculptor.
    Horrigan, John, 1864-1939, carver.
    Bacon, Henry, 1866-1924, architect.
    Meeker, John L., architect.
    Meeker, William P., architect.
    Meeker Brothers, architectural firm.
    Piccirilli Brothers Marble Carving Studios, carver.
    R. B. Phelps Stone Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Titanic Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1929. Installed May 1930. Dedicated May 26, 1931. Relocated 1966. Reinstalled 1968.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: granite; Base: red Westerly granite; Platform: granite; Foundation: reinforced concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 12 x 8 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 5 1/2 x 4 x 4 ft.; Platform: approx. W. 50 ft. x D. 13 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Front center of base:) TO THE BRAVE MEN/WHO PERISHED/IN THE WRECK/OF THE TITANIC/APRIL 15 1912/THEY GAVE THEIR/LIVES THAT WOMEN/AND CHILDREN/MIGHT BE SAVED/ERECTED BY THE WOMEN OF AMERICA (Back center of base:) TO THE YOUNG AND THE OLD/THE RICH AND THE POOR/THE IGNORANT AND THE LEARNED/ALL/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES NOBLY/TO SAVE WOMEN AND CHILDREN unsigned
    Description: 
    A nude, male figure, representing Self Sacrifice, stands with both arms outstretched to the side, in the symbolic form of a cross. A garment is draped over the figure's arms, back, and proper left, front side. The figure's head is slightly raised and his eyes are closed. The statue is placed before a low exedra wall with bench.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Nude
    Disaster -- Shipwreck
    Object Type: 
    Bench
    Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia
    Located Waterfront Park, 4th & P Streets, S.W., Washington, District of Columbia
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was created as a memorial for those who died in the Titanic shipwreck. It was authorized by Congress on March 3, 1917 and was sponsored by the Women's Titanic Memorial Association. The sculpture was completed in 1929, but installation was delayed due to construction of a seawall near Rock Creek Parkway. The sculpture was originally erected along Rock Creek Parkway, near the New Hampshire Avenue intersection in May 1930, but was not dedicated until May 31, 1931. Later the statue and accompanying stone bench were stored briefly at Fort Washington, Maryland, in 1966, after removal for the construction of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The piece was reinstalled in September 1968 at its current site. John L. and William P. Meeker were responsible for the stone work on the piece. The Pringle Construction Company and architect Henry Bacon worked on the piece in its original site. The R. B. Phelps Stone Company worked on the piece in its current site.
    A preliminary model for the memorial is located at the grave site of Mrs. Eugene Bowie Roberts, a relative of Whitney's, in Holy Trinity Cemetery, in Collington, Maryland. Information on the statue can be found at the District of Columbia's Martin Luther King, Jr. Public Library, Washingtoniana Division, clipping files entitled Memorials & Monuments, G859WM513. IAS files contain an excerpt from Jannelle Warren-Findley's Aug. 1, 1985 report for the National Park Service entitled, "A Guide to Selected Statue, Monuments and Memorials," National Capital Parks - Central National Park Service, Washington, D.C., (RFQ 3-4-1919) which includes a brief list of bibliographic sources, and notes to additional information found in National Park Service files. Monumental News, Feb. 1914 lists the media as white marble. Cost of monument was $43,000.
    References: 
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, DC5009, 1989.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, District of Columbia survey, 1993.
    Monumental News, Feb. 1914, pg. 103.
    Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C.," Smithsonian Institution, 1974, pg. 391.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C.," Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, pg. 391.
    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 DC000021
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