Hubbard Bell Grossman Pillot Memorial

Artist	Lee Oskar Lawrie
Year	()
Type	Marble
Location	Washington, D.C., United States
Coordinates	38°56′51.58″N 77°0′40.2″W / 38.9476611°N 77.011167°W / 38.9476611; -77.011167
Owner	Rock Creek Cemetery

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.^[1]

Description

This grave site memorial is a tall marble stele 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^[1]

Information

This grave site serves as the final resting place for National Geographic editor Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor 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.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Michael Richman (1967–1969). "Hubbard Bell Grossman Pillot Memorial (sculpture)". Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture. Smithsonian. Retrieved 19 December 2010.

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