Hubbard Bell Grossman Pillot Memorial
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Hubbard Bell Grossman Pillot Memorial is a public artwork by Lee Lawrie
, located at Rock Creek Cemetery
in Washington, D.C.
, United States
. "Hubbard Bell Grossman Pillot Memorial" was originally surveyed as part of the Smithsonian's
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture survey in 1967-1969.
with relief carvings showing a classical nude male seated with his body turned to the right showing his profile. In his left hand he holds a torch and his right arm rests on an urn.
The front is inscribed:
and his wife Elsie May Bell (daughter of Alexander Graham Bell
). Alexander Graham Bell's parents, Alexander Melville Bell
and Eliza Grace Symonds Bell, are also buried here along with fourteen other individuals marked by bronze markers.
Lee Lawrie
Lee Oscar Lawrie was one of the United States' foremost architectural sculptors and a key figure in the American art scene preceding World War II...
, located at Rock Creek Cemetery
Rock Creek Cemetery
Rock Creek Cemetery — also Rock Creek Church Yard and Cemetery — is an cemetery with a natural rolling landscape located at Rock Creek Church Road, NW, and Webster Street, NW, off Hawaii Avenue, NE in Washington, D.C.'s Michigan Park neighborhood, near Washington's Petworth neighborhood...
in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. "Hubbard Bell Grossman Pillot Memorial" was originally surveyed as part of the Smithsonian's
Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its retail operations, concessions, licensing activities, and magazines...
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture survey in 1967-1969.
Description
This grave site memorial is a tall marble steleStele
A stele , also stela , is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected for funerals or commemorative purposes, most usually decorated with the names and titles of the deceased or living — inscribed, carved in relief , or painted onto the slab...
with relief carvings showing a classical nude male seated with his body turned to the right showing his profile. In his left hand he holds a torch and his right arm rests on an urn.
The front is inscribed:
- HUBBARD
- BELL
- GROSSMAN
- PILLOT
Information
This grave site serves as the final resting place for National Geographic editor Gilbert Hovey GrosvenorGilbert Hovey Grosvenor
Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor , the father of photojournalism, was the first full-time editor of National Geographic Magazine, serving from 1899 to 1954. Grosvenor is credited with having built the magazine into the iconic publication that it is today...
and his wife Elsie May Bell (daughter of Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone....
). Alexander Graham Bell's parents, Alexander Melville Bell
Alexander Melville Bell
Alexander Melville Bell was a teacher and researcher of physiological phonetics and was the author of numerous works on orthoepy and elocution....
and Eliza Grace Symonds Bell, are also buried here along with fourteen other individuals marked by bronze markers.