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National Archives: Recorder of the Archives tympanum in Washington, D.C.
by James Earle Fraser
This is just one of many beautiful works at the National Archives. Click here to see them all.
Don't know a tympanum from a abacus from a hole in the ground? See our Primer on Architectural Lingo
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
Limestone by James Earle Fraser
Address: Constitution Ave between 7th & 9th Sts NW Nearest Metro: Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter (Yellow - Green)
Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 78250011 (dcMem ID #512)
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Sources & Links:
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The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington D.C. (D6/p149)
Wikipedia article on Fraser
Wikipedia article on the Archives Building
