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''Andrew Jackson Downing'', also known as the Andrew Jackson Downing Urn, is a public art work, located in the Enid A. Haupt Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Southwest, Washington, D.C. It was designed by Calvert Vaux, and sculpted by Robert Eberhard Launitz. It was dedicated in September 1856. It was relocated on August 11, 1966, and rededicated on April 25, 1972. The inscription reads: (South face of base:) WAS ERECTED BY HIS FRIENDS IN MEMORY OF ANDREW JACKSON DOWNING WHO DIED JULY 28, 1852, AGED 37 YEARS HE WAS BORN AND LIVED AND DIED UPON THE HUDSON RIVER HIS LIFE WAS DEVOTED TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE NATIONAL TASTE IN RURAL ART AN OFFICE FOR WHICH HIS GENIUS AND THE NATURAL BEAUTY ALMOST WHICH HE LIVED HAD FULLY ENDOWED HIM HIS SUCCESS WAS AS GREAT AS HIS GENIUS AND FOR THE DEATH OF FEW PUBLIC MEN WAS PUBLIC GRIEF EVER MORE SINCERE WHEN THESE GROUNDS WERE PROPOSED, HE WAS AT ONCE CALLED TO DESIGN THEM BUT BEFORE THEY WERE COMPLETED HE PERISHED IN THE WRECK OF THE STEAMER HENRY CLAY HIS MIND WAS SINGULARLY JUST, PENETRATING AND ORIGINAL HIS MANNERS WERE CALM, RESERVED, AND COURTEOUS HIS PERSONAL MEMORY BELONGS TO THE FRIENDS WHO LOVE HIM; HIS FAME TO THE COUNTRY WHICH HONORS AND LAMENTS HIM〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Save Outdoor Sculpture, District of Columbia survey )〕 ==See also== * List of public art in Washington, D.C., Ward 2 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andrew Jackson Downing (Launitz)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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