Shakespeare Statue - Lincoln Park, Chicago,IL
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N 41° 55.430 W 087° 38.171
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William Ordway Partridge's statue of a seated William Shakespeare (1894) provides a lap for children to climb onto. Moved to Lincoln Park after being on display at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.
Waymark Code: WM3R65
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 05/09/2008
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Inscriptions:
William Shakespeare
What a piece of work is man -- How noble
in reason -- How infinite in faculy
The bequest of Samuel Johnson
William Shakespeare Monument
Adopted and endowed by
The Edelstein & Pritzker Foundations
Under the auspices of
Friends of Lincoln Park &
The Chicago Park District
October 1989
He was not of an age but for all time
Myriad-minded Shakespeare MDLXIV - MDCXVI
Wm Ordway Partridge 1893
Just east of the intersection of Lincoln Park West and Belden Ave in Lincoln Park - Chicago,IL.
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