Joel Tanner Hart-Sculptor's Birthplace - Winchester KY
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe
N 38° 00.417 W 084° 09.917
16S E 748881 N 4210378
Birthplace of Joel Tanner Hart, 1810, sculptor and poet. Began as stone-cutter, 1830. Went to Florence, Italy, 1840.
Waymark Code: WM17PDV
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 03/19/2023
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Sculptor's Birthplace-Birthplace of Joel Tanner Hart, 1810, sculptor and poet. Began as stone-cutter, 1830. Went to Florence, Italy, 1840. Famed for busts: John Jordan Crittenden, Cassius M. Clay, Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson. Marble statues: Woman Triumphant, Il Penseroso, Henry Clay, Angelina and others. Died, Italy, 1871. By Legislative Act, reburied Frankfort, 1887.

Location: Mount Sterling Road south of Veterans Memorial Parkway, Winchester KY 40391.
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