Abraham Lincoln: The Head of State ("Seated Lincoln")
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adgorn
N 41° 52.620 W 087° 37.320
16T E 448388 N 4636306
Another bronze Abraham Lincoln statue by sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens. (I posted the prior piece as waymark WM369V.)
Waymark Code: WM36F5
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 02/18/2008
Views: 73
It was given to the city of Chicago by John Crerar, a Chicago industrialist, who left a $100,000 bequest in 1889 to construct a Lincoln statue. The commission was awarded to Saint-Gaudens in 1897. Saint-Gaudens took 12 years to complete the seated figure, but it was not unveiled until May 31, 1926, more than 20 years afterward. Architect Stanford White designed the semicircular site, built on land reclaimed from Lake Michigan.
Location Type: Statue/Bust/Portrait
Property Type: Public
Date of Event: unveiled May 31, 1926
Location Notes:
South of the Chicago Art Institute near Columbus Ave & (extension of) Van Buren, NW of the Buckingham Fountain, in Grant Park, Chicago, IL.
URL for Additional Information: Not listed
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