VRA Core 4 Example 6: Nineteenth-century memorial

Work record [refid 5]
agent	Henry Bacon (American architect, 1866-1924)
culturalContext	American
date	1911-1912 (design); 1914-1922 (creation)
description	Design was chosen by competition. The chosen design was influenced by the Greek Parthenon. Built into the design are symbols of the Union like the 36 exterior Doric columns representing the 36 states in the Union at the time of Lincoln's death.
inscription	Inscribed above the statue: IN THIS TEMPLE / AS IN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE / FOR WHOM HE SAVED THE UNION / THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN / IS ENSHRINED FOREVER; [the northern wall contains an inscription of Lincoln's second inaugural speech, the southern wall contains an inscription of the Gettysburg address]
location	Washington, District of Columbia, United States
material	Exterior: Colorado Yule marble; tripods: Pink Tennessee marble; interior walls and columns: Indiana limestone; ceiling: Alabama marble saturated with paraffin for translucency; floor and wall base: Pink Tennessee marble
measurements	30.18 m (height, building)
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source	Core 4 Sample Database (VCat) [source, description] Longstreth, Richard , ed.; Mall in Washington, 1791-1991, Hanover and London: University Press of New England, 1991 (0894681389)
stateEdition
stylePeriod	Twentieth century
subject	rulers and leaders; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 ; commemoration; Union (United States); temples; Doric order; columns; states (political divisions); Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
technique	carving (processes); construction (assembling)
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title	Lincoln Memorial [en, cited, preferred]
worktype	buildings; memorials; built works; monuments