Johnson Memorial Explained

Johnson Memorial
Artist:	Jno. Williams Inc.
Type:	Bronze
Imperial Unit:	in
Metric Unit:	cm
City:	Washington, D.C.
Coordinates:	38.9484°N -77.0123°W
Owner:	Rock Creek Cemetery
Italic Title:	no

Johnson Memorial is a public artwork from the foundry of Jno. Williams, Inc., located at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C., United States. Johnson Memorial was originally surveyed as part of the Smithsonian's Inventory of American Painting and Sculpture in 1976–1969. The monument serves as the grave site for the Johnson family, including well-known psychiatrist Loren Bascom Taber Johnson.

Description

This bronze sarcophagus is decorated with angels on all four corners and draped garlands. A draped urn is on top and the sarcophagus sits upon a granite base.^[1]

The front of the memorial is inscribed:

FRANCIS OLIVER

JOHNSON

BORN MARCH XXIV/MDCCC-LXXVII

DIED MAY XVII

MCMVI

LOREN BASCOM TABER

JOHNSON

BORN JUNE XV, MCCCLXXV

DIED DECEMBER SIV, MCMXLI

It is signed: Jno. Williams Inc. Founders, N.Y.^[1]

Further reading

• Goode, James M. Washington Sculpture: A Cultural History of Outdoor Sculpture in the Nation's Capital. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press (2009).
• Mitchell, William Donald. American art in bronze and iron: Jno. Williams, Inc. New York: William Donald Mitchell (1906).

External links

• "Two of a Kind" from Gravely Speaking

Notes and References

1. Web site: SOS! . 1969 . Johnson Memorial (sculpture). Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture . Smithsonian . 9 December 2010.