Bust from the Adams Memorial Modeled 1892-1893 United States. This bust comes from the upper portion of Augustus Saint-Gaudensís 1886ñ91 full-figure tomb monument for Marian Hooper Adams, the wife of historian and philosopher Henry Adams, in Washingtonís Rock Creek Cemetery. Because Marianís death was a suicide and the couple was fascinated by Asian cultures, Henry asked Saint-Gaudens to avoid Christian symbolism and instead evoke the ìcontemplative compassion derived from Buddhist philosophy.î When Chicago architect Daniel Burnham visited Saint-Gaudens in 1892, he saw a plaster cast of the figureís head and was enthralled by its mysterious yet meditative quality. In 1893, perhaps in celebration of Chicagoís Worldís Columbian Exposition, Saint-Gaudens gave the bust to Burnham, who later had four bronzes cast from it.. Bronze . Augustus Saint-Gaudens