The Crusader: Victor Lawson Monument - Chicago, IL
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Metro2
N 41° 57.498 W 087° 39.501
16T E 445441 N 4645355
This sculpture is located in Chicago's Graceland Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WMC6CG
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 07/31/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn
Views: 3

This 1931 sculpture depicts a knight in armor with a shield. A cross is emblazoned across the shield. The knight is looking into the distance with a sword resting in his right hand- point on the ground. Below the work is an engraved statement-
"Above all things truth
Beareth Away the Victory"
The artist, Lorado Taft, has another work on the Inventory also in this cemetery...see WMC637
Taft is American sculptor Lorado Taft (1860-1936) who hailed from Chicago. He was a leading spokeman against modern and abstract tendencies in art. Read more about him at (visit link)

The sculpture is a memorial to Victor Fremont Lawson, publisher of the Chicago Daily News from 1876-1925.
TITLE: The Crusader: Victor Lawson Monument

ARTIST(S): Lorado Taft

DATE: 1931

MEDIUM: Sculpture: granite; Base: granite.

CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 87580154

Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]

PHYSICAL LOCATION:
in Chicago's Graceland Cemetery.


DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
no differences noted.


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