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Sep 11, 2020 · Check Current Condtions for operational status of buidlings, grounds, and facilities at General Grant National Memorial. Come visit. the final resting place of. General and President. Ulysses S. Grant, and his wife, Julia D. Grant. Admission to the site is free of charge. Reservations are not required.
The Grant Memorial is one of the most important sculptural groups in Washington. It consists of a central equestrian statue of General Ulysses S. Grant, with two sculptured groups of military figures situated at either end of a large marble platform.
At 252 feet long by 71 feet wide by 44 feet high, the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial is the largest equestrian monument in the United States. Grant and his horse, Cincinnati, stand at two and a half times life size and are positioned atop a 22-foot-high marble pedestal.
Dec 6, 2023 · The dramatic and action-packed monument to Ulysses S. Grant in front of the U.S. Capitol Building, at once grand and intimate, speaks to both the valor and the horror of the Civil war. Henry Merwin Shrady’s massive tripartite memorial features a bronze equestrian statue of Grant on a central pedestal flanked by two sculptural groups of soldiers.
Art of the Americas to World War I. United States in the 19th century. Sculpture and architecture. Shrady and Casey, Ulysses S. Grant Memorial. Google Classroom. Henry Merwin Shrady (sculptor) and William Pearce Casey (architect), Ulysses S. Grant Memorial, 1901-1922, marble and bronze, 520 x 500 x 120 cm, Washington D.C.
Jul 18, 2016 · The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the west side of the U.S. Capitol. Since spring 2015, this captivating monument — a labor of love by sculptor Henry Merwin Shrady — has been the focus of a meticulous conservation effort. When work on the bronze components and marble pedestals is completed this fall, viewers will again see the subtle details ...
The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial in Washington, D.C., is undergoing a dramatic transformation. Curator for the Architect of the Capitol describes the restoration work on the bronze components and marble pedestals. When completed viewers will again see the subtle details of the original sculpture.
