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Image: Arts of Peace - crack held together by tie plates and bolt - 1971

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Description: A crack in the bronze statue The Arts of Peace held together with bolts, tie-plates, and flanges. The statue, designed by James Earle Fraser in 1929, is located in West Potomac Park in Washington, D.C., in the United States.
Title: Arts of Peace - crack held together by tie plates and bolt - 1971
Credit: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiug.30112101555396?urlappend=%3Bseq=188
Author: Ogburn, Fielding; Passaglia, Elio; Burnett, Harry C.; Kruger, Jerome; and Pickelsimer, Marion L. "Restoration of Large Gilded Statues Using Various Electrochemical and Metallurgical Techniques." In Corrosion and Metal Artifacts: A Dialogue Between Conservators and Archaeologists and Corrosion Scientists. National Bureau of Standards Special Publication 479. Code XNBSAV. Benjamin Floyd Brown, et al., eds. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977, p. 174
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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