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National Archives (all sides): Seals of the Federal Government reliefs in Washington, D.C.
by Robert Aitken, James Earle Fraser (click name for more of that artist's work)
located in James M. Goode's Federal Triangle area (click link for more in that area)
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This is just one of many beautiful works at the National Archives. Click here to see them all.
The National Archives Building, known informally as Archives I, located north of the National Mall on Constitution Avenue in Washington, DC, opened as its original headquarters in 1935. It holds the original copies of the three main formative documents of the United States and its government: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. Source: Wikipedia
Commerce (7th St) 0000500/00516_0010000229.jpg |
Interior (7th St) 0000500/00516_0010000239.jpg |
War (Constitution Ave) 0000500/00516_0000007030.jpg |
State (Constitution Ave) 0000500/00516_0010000249.jpg |
Treasury (Constitution Ave) 0000500/00516_0010000259.jpg |
Navy (Constitution Ave) 0000500/00516_0010000009.jpg |
Justice (9th St) 0000500/00516_0000007040.jpg |
Agriculture (9th St) 0000500/00516_0000007050.jpg |
Labor (Pennsylvania Ave) 0000001/00516_0010050089.jpg |
House of Representatives (Pennsylvania Ave) 0000001/00516_0010050079.jpg |
Incorrectly designed Great Seal of the U.S. (Pennsylvania Ave) See the correct design at right James Goode The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington DC says, "Among the faults are the position of the eagle's head & the arrangement of the emblems, the laurels & the arrows in its talons" Goode's new book, "Washington Sculpture" is now available. 0000001/00516_0010050109.jpg |
0000001/00516_0010050129.jpg |
U.S. Senate (Pennsylvania Ave) 0000001/00516_0010050119.jpg |
Not sure which dept this is [yet] Post Office maybe? (Pennsylvania Ave) 0000001/00516_0010050099.jpg |
Two of the seals are visible on the left (War) & right (Navy). The Recorder of the Archives and the Acroterion Eagles are prominent here.
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0000500/00512_0000006930 (added ca. 2006)
All 5 seals on the Pennsylvania Ave side are visible here.
Also notice the Destiny tympanum, Acroterion Eagles & the Past & Future statues. The Navy Memorial in the foreground.
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0000500/00516_0010018609 (added ca. 5/6/2007)
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0000001/blank (added ca. 2006)
See James M. Goode's
'Washington Sculpture' (hardcover p 128 Item #4.07; Federal Triangle area);
'Outdoor Sculpture' (paperback p152 Item #D-9)
Medium: Limestone
Artist: Robert Aitken, James Earle Fraser (click name for more of that artist's work)
Related subjects: Gov't Agencies; History, American
Location: Constitution Ave between 7th & 9th Sts NW Washington, D.C.
See Federal Triangle area in James Goode's Washington Sculpture
Nearest Metro: Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter (Yellow - Green) (click station name for all sculptures nearby)
Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 78250008 (dcMem ID #516 )
Links & other sources
Wikipedia article on Fraser
Wikipedia article on the Archives Building
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