Animations:

Visit
Open today 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Admission is always free

6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565

Sculpture Garden Extended Hours

Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Starting June 3
Exhibitions & Events
Featured event:

Block Party
Join us June 6
Art & Artists
Open Call

Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Open 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Visit
Open today 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Admission is always free

6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565

Sculpture Garden Extended Hours

Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Starting June 3
Exhibitions & Events
Featured event:

Block Party
Join us June 6
Art & Artists
Open Call

Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

The Voice of Hope in the Dawn

1943

Roderick Fletcher Mead

Associated Names

Roderick Fletcher Mead

Artist, American, 1900 - 1971

The artwork features a rooster standing on broken pieces of a classical statue. The composition includes a twisted rooster, fragments of a statue, a fluted column, a background with vertical and curved lines suggesting arches, and cross-hatching for texture.

This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.

Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

Medium

engraving
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

Image: 201 x 250 mm
Sheet: 246 x 316 mm
Accession Number

2008.115.3444

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower left: 9/40; lower right in graphite: Roderick Mead '43

Wikidata ID

Q76442816

You may be interested in