1700 block of C Street NW Washington, D.C., United States
Designer
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
Material
Marble
Length
18.0 feet (5.5 m)
Width
5.5 feet (1.7 m)
Height
9.0 feet (2.7 m)
Opening date
April 17, 1929
Dedicated to
Mary Desha Mary Smith Lockwood Ellen Hardin Walworth Eugenia Washington
The Founders of the Daughters of the American Revolution is a sculpture located beside Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., United States.[1] Dedicated in 1929, the sculpture was created by artist and socialite Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney in honor of the four founders of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR): Mary Desha, Mary Smith Lockwood, Ellen Hardin Walworth, and Eugenia Washington.[2] The sculpture is one of three outdoor artworks in Washington, D.C. by Whitney, the other two being the Titanic Memorial and the Aztec Fountain at the Pan American Union Building.[3]
^"The Founders of the Daughters of the American Revolution, (sculpture)". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
^"The Four Founders". Daughters of the American Revolution. Archived from the original on October 31, 2014. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
^"Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt, 1875?–1942, sculptor". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
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