Grieving Man (Gaff) - Washington, D.C.
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member flyingmoose
N 38° 56.870 W 077° 00.762
18S E 325581 N 4312913
Located within the Rock Creek Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM15611
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: 10/22/2021
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member PISA-caching
Views: 3

“The memorial features a bronze male figure seated on a tomb, his body loosely draped in a long hooded robe, and his left hand raised over his head as he gazes straight ahead. The sculpture is installed at one end of a long flat granite base with an inscription plaque on top.” - Smithsonian Art Inventory

Thomas Trueman Gaff
1854-1923
"EXCEPIT ILLUM MAGNA ET AETERNA PAX"
["Great and eternal peace welcomed him"]

The work was created by French artist Jules Dechin, his name is on the base of the statue with Paris 1928.
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