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.
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.
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).
References
External links "Two of a Kind" from Gravely Speaking