National Archives (south side): Recorder of the Archives tympanum in Washington, D.C. by James Earle Fraser located in James M. Goode's Federal Triangle area

James Earle Fraser(click name for more of that artist's work)
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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

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See James M. Goode's
'Washington Sculpture'(hardcover p 125 Item #4.04; Federal Triangle area);
'Outdoor Sculpture'(paperback p149 Item #D-6)
Medium: Limestone
Artist: James Earle Fraser(click name for more of that artist's work)
Related subjects: Allegory, Mythology
Location: Constitution Ave between 7th & 9th Sts NW Washington, D.C.
See Federal Triangle areain James Goode's Washington Sculpture
Nearest Metro: Archives - Navy Memorial - Penn Quarter(Yellow - Green) (click station name for all sculptures nearby)
Smithsonian American Art Museum's Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 78250011 (dcMem ID #512 )

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Wikipedia article on Fraser
Wikipedia article on the Archives Building

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