Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Adams Memorial Sculpture

Picture gallery of Adams Memorial Sculpture

The Statue of ‘Grief’ - Rock Creek Cemetery Review - IgoUgo

The Statue of ‘Grief’ - Rock Creek Cemetery Review - IgoUgo

The Statue of ‘Grief’: Read this and other Washington, D.C. and Rock Creek "The Adams Memorial" as it was originally known, attracted art critics and visitors from

The Adams Memorial, bronze, 1885 by Augustus Saint Gaudens

The Adams Memorial, bronze, 1885 by Augustus Saint Gaudens

Adams himself referred to the memorial as having meaning and feeling of universality and anonymity give him the rights to the drawings and photographs of the statue

Significant Sculpture at The Woodlawn Cemetery -

Significant Sculpture at The Woodlawn Cemetery -

Herbert Adams : Huntington Mausoleum Door – 1932 : Robert Aitken : Bliss Memorial – 1917 Gates Mausoleum Door – 1914 Alexander Archipenko

Sculptor.Org - Augustus Saint Gaudens - Web Portrait

Sculptor.Org - Augustus Saint Gaudens - Web Portrait

Many thought the monument was a memorial to or even a statue of Adams' wife Marion because it was erected shortly after her untimely death by

Samuel Adams Statue at Faneuil Hall Boston

Samuel Adams Statue at Faneuil Hall Boston

"The Samuel Adams statue stands behind Faneuil Hall on Congress Street, and is the work Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Mayor Curley Park, and the Holocaust Memorial.

AN UNEXPECTED RENDEZVOUS AT THE COSMOS CLUB ON LAFAYETTE SQUARE

AN UNEXPECTED RENDEZVOUS AT THE COSMOS CLUB ON LAFAYETTE SQUARE

In desperation, the cemetery officials finally asked the Agnus descendants in early 1966 to remove the statue. 42 The Adams Memorial in Rock Creek Cemetery by

THE LEGEND OF BLACK AGGIE - AMERICAN HAUNTINGS: WHERE DEAD MEN

THE LEGEND OF BLACK AGGIE - AMERICAN HAUNTINGS: WHERE DEAD MEN

The statue was never officially named, known as the “Adams Memorial” and later by the more popular name of “Grief”. The stories for this nickname vary.

Abigail Adams Statue, Boston Women's Memorial Photographic Print

Abigail Adams Statue, Boston Women's Memorial Photographic Print

Abigail Adams Statue, Boston Women's Memorial Photographic Print - Find the Abigail Adams Statue, Boston Women's Memorial Photographic Print or another poster, print

ADAMS Memorial (ca. 1890) at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, DC

ADAMS Memorial (ca. 1890) at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, DC

This page features an individual sculpture: ADAMS Memorial (ca. 1890) at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, DC by Augustus Saint Gaudens, Stanford White located in

NGA -- Shaw Memorial -- The Artist -- Saint-Gaudens Biography 11

NGA -- Shaw Memorial -- The Artist -- Saint-Gaudens Biography 11

Hired by the writer Henry Adams to provide a grave sculpture in remembrance of his wife, where Augustus Saint-Gaudens, The Adams Memorial (detail), 1890-1891, bronze

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