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Meade Brothers Studio
Plaque "To Washington An Humble Tribute from Two Disciples of Daguerre" placed by the Meade Brothers at the Washington Monument
1854 (or later)
Stone plaque
1 ft 10 ins x 3 ft 10 ins
National Parks Service
LL/70597
The plaque is on a staircase (280 ft level) inside the Washington Monument.
"The Messrs Meade are preparing a block of marble for the Washington Monument . . .", December 1854 , Photographic and Fine Art Journal
Judith M. Jacob, 2005, "The Washington Monument: A Technical History and Catalog of the Commemorative Stones", (National Parks Service), p. 203
www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/wamo/stones.pdf
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