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title:Washington Monument Commemorative Stone: American Mission, Ningpo, China, (sculpture)
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 freetext:
  date:
  
  label:Date
  content:1853. Installed 1885


  name:
  
  label:sculptor
  content:Unknown


  notes:
  
  label:Notes
  content:Jacob, Judith M., "The Washington Monument: A Technical History and Catalog of the Commemorative Stones," Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 2005, pg. 158.

  
  label:Notes
  content:Image on file.

  
  label:Notes
  content:Jacob, Judith M., "The Washington Monument: A Technical History and Catalog of the Commemorative Stones," Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 2005, pg. 158.

  
  label:Notes
  content:(Translation:) SU-KU-YU, BY IMPERIAL APPOINTMENT,LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF THE PROVINCE OF FUH KUN, IN HIS UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHY, SAYS: "IT IS EVIDENT THAT WASHINGTON WAS A REMARKABLE MAN. IN DEVISING PLANS HE WAS MORE DECIDED THAN CHIN-SING OR WU-KANG; IN WINNING A COUNTRY, HE WAS BRAVER THAN TSAU-TSAU OR LIN PI....AMONG THE PEOPLE OF THE GREAT WEST, CAN ANY ONE MAN, IN ANCIENT OR MODERN TIMES, FAIL TO PRONOUNCE WASHINGTON PEERLESS?" THIS STONE IS PRESENTED BY A COMPANY OF GOOD CHRISTIANS AND ENGRAVED AT NINGPO, IN THE PROVICNE OF CHE HEANG, CHINA, THIS THIRD YEAR OF THE REIGN OF THE EMPEROR HE-EN FUNG, SIXTH MONTH AND SEVENTH DAY (July 12, 1853)

  
  label:Notes
  content:The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.

  
  label:Summary
  content:The stone is incised with Chinese characters, with the black paint in the letters. Surrounding the inscription is a wide border carved in relief with images of monks, dragons, warriors, and foliage.


  place:
  
  label:Owner/Location
  content:Administered by United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Washington District of Columbia

  
  label:Owner/Location
  content:Located National Mall Adjacent to 14th Street, between Constitution Avenue, N.W. & Independence Avenue, S.W Washington District of Columbia


  topic:
   
   label:Topic
   content:Allegory--Place--China

   
   label:Topic
   content:Figure male

   
   label:Topic
   content:Occupation--Religion--Monk

   
   label:Topic
   content:Fantasy--Dragon

   
   label:Topic
   content:Occupation--Military

   
   label:Topic
   content:Object--Flower

   
   label:Topic
   content:Object--Foliage


   dataSource:
   
   label:Data Source
   content:Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums


   identifier:
   
   label:Control number
   content:IAS 78230132


   objectType:
   
   label:Type
   content:Sculptures-Relief

   
   label:Type
   content:Sculptures


   physicalDescription:
   
   label:Medium
   content:Stone, with black paint



  indexedStructured:
  date:
  1850s

  topic:
  Occupations
  Religion
  Fantasy
  Foliage
  Figure male
  Allegory
  Monk
  Flowers
  Dragon
  Military

  culture:
  Chinese

  usage_flag:
  Unknown

  object_type:
  Sculpture (visual work)
  Reliefs (sculptures)


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   content:Washington Monument Commemorative Stone: American Mission, Ningpo, China, (sculpture)

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   title_sort:WASHINGTON MONUMENT COMMEMORATIVE STONE: AMERICAN MISSION NINGPO CHINA SCULPTURE
   data_source:Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museum
   record_link:https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!373602~!0#focus
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