Abraham Lincoln: The Man
Abraham Lincoln: The Man (also called Standing Lincoln) is a larger-than-life size 12-foot (3.7 m) bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. The original statue is in Lincoln Park in Chicago, and later re-castings of the statue have been given as diplomatic gifts from the United States to the United Kingdom, and to Mexico.
Completed by
Design
The sculpture depicts a contemplative Lincoln rising from a chair of state
Reception and legacy
The sculpture's naturalism influenced a generation of artists.
Replicas
Replicas of the statue stand at Lincoln Tomb in Springfield, Illinois, Parque Lincoln in Mexico City, Parliament Square in London, and at the Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park in Cornish, New Hampshire.[2][8][9][10]
- The Parliament Square statue was given to the United Kingdom in July 1920. The American Ambassador made a formal presentation at Central Hall, Westminster, where Prime Minister David Lloyd George accepted the gift on behalf of the people of Britain; after a procession to Parliament Square, the statue was unveiled by Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught.[9][11]
- The Mexico City statue was presented by United States President Lyndon Johnson to the people of Mexico in 1964.[6][12] Later, Johnson received a small copy of the bust from the statue, which since then is often seen displayed in the Oval Office of the White House.[6]
- In 2016, a newly cast replica of the full-height statue was installed in the garden at Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish.[13]
Reductions
From 1910 onwards, Saint-Gaudens' widow, Augusta, oversaw the casting of a number of smaller replicas of the statue, reduced to slightly under one-third the size of the original.[4]
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: first cast – sold to Clara Stone Hay, 1911, previously on display in Washington. The sculpture belonged to the family of Lincoln's White House aide John Hay.
- Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven: second cast – gift of Allison Armour, 1937, originally purchased by George Armour
- Harvard Art Museums: third cast – purchased from Doll & Richards, Boston, by Grenville L. Winthrop, 1912
- Hotchkiss School: donated by Homer Sawyer, possibly in 1939–40
- Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh: gift of Charles Rosenbloom, 1943
- Chazy School District, New York: purchased 1923 by William H. Miner
- Detroit Institute of Art: donated by Mrs Walter O. Briggs, 1952
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills: cast in 1940 by Gorham
- Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan: gift of the Ford Motor Company
- Carnegie Library, Jackson District Library, Jackson, Michigan: gift, 1915
- Lincoln Memorial University Library, Harrogate, Tennessee: donated by Sarah Lynn in memory of her husband, John Lynn, in 1938
- Lincoln Tomb, Springfield, Illinois
- Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey: gift of Franklin Murphy, 1920
- Saint-Gaudens Memorial, Cornish, New Hampshire: donated by Augusta Saint-Gaudens, 1919
- Fay School, Southborough, Massachusetts
- Abraham Lincoln School of Languages, Havana, Cuba
See also
- List of public art in Chicago
- List of public art in Mexico City
- List of statues of Abraham Lincoln
- List of sculptures of presidents of the United States
Notes
- Theater of Dionysos in Athens.[4]
- second inaugural address (March 4, 1865) were carved into the accompanying sixty-foot-long exedra, while bronze cannonballs flanking the steps have extracts from the Gettysburg Address (November 19, 1863) and a letter written to Horace Greeley (August 22, 1862), editor of the New-York Daily Tribune."[4]
- Frederick MacMonnies[4]
References
- ^ a b c Abraham Lincoln Monument Archived 18 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine. City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division (2003). Retrieved on May 8, 2007
- ^ a b c "Abraham Lincoln: The Man". Chicago Park District. 2010. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ^ a b Andrew Ferguson. Land of Lincoln: Adventures in Abe's America. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2007. 71–72
- ^ from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "StandingLincoln". sgnhs.org. Archived from the original on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ a b c "Abraham Lincoln in Cornish". nps.gov. 18 April 2016. Archived from the original on 8 October 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ "Influence of Lincoln Archived 4 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine". Twenty Years at Hull House. Retrieved on August 14, 2007
- ^ Lincoln's Tomb Archived 13 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ a b "National Archives – United Kingdom, Statue of Abraham Lincoln". Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- ^ "Abraham Lincoln statue is returning home to New Hampshire". Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ Selden, Charles A. (31 May 1931). "Americans Observe the Day in London; Two British Survivors of the Civil War Lay Wreath at Statue of Lincoln. Exercises at Cenotaph. Ray Atherton, American Charge d'Affaires, Other Embassy Members and Legionaires Attend Services". New York Times. p. 23. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ Katz, Jamie. "Why Abraham Lincoln Was Revered in Mexico". Smithsonian. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
- ^ Curtis, Jack, "Column: Saint-Gaudens’ Deeply Human Lincoln" Archived 4 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Valley News, July 1, 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
External links
- Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Master Sculptor, exhibition catalog fully online as PDF from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on this statue