The Crusader: Victor Lawson Monument - Chicago, IL - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

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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