Plan of a Washington Monument

William Wallace|John William Orr|C. G. Graham and Co.

1848 · Wood engraving · Drawings and Prints

This monument has a square base supporting a portrait of Washington and allegorical statues representing the continents at the corners between flights of steps. Above there is a circular temple with thirteen columns supporting a globe with a statue of Washington at the appex. The design is set within a park and a church spire appears in the distance at right. Presumably this is a proposed alternate plan for the national monument to George Washington built in Washington DC 1848-56, and 1876-84.

Artist

William Wallace|John William Orr|C. G. Graham and Co.

Date

1848

Medium

Wood engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008