Duke Ellington, Central Park

Duke Ellington Date: 1997 Sculptor: Robert GrahamMedium & size: Location: Northeast corner of Central Park (Fifth Ave. and 110th St.). Robert Graham, Duke Ellington, 1997. Fifth Avenue at 110th St.…

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Mazzini, Central Park

Date: 1876 Sculptor: Giovanni Turini. Granite pedestal by F. Matriati. Medium & size: Bronze, over lifesize. Location: Central Park, West Drive near West 66th St. Turini, Mazzini, 1876. Photo copyright…

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Obelisk, Central Park

Egyptian Obelisk, a.k.a. "Cleopatra's Needle" Date: created ca. 1461 BC; dedicated in Central Park 1881Medium & size: Granite, 71 feet high, 18 feet on each side; later base and steps…

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Osborn Gate, Central Park

William Church Osborn Memorial Playground Gateway Date: 1952 Sculptor: Paul ManshipMedium & size: Bronze with granite posts, 5.5 feet high, 8 feet wide. Location: Central Park, gateway to playground at…

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Alexander Hamilton in Central Park

Sculptor: Carl ConradsDedicated: 1880Medium and size: Granite (10 feet), granite pedestal (9.5 feet)Location: Central Park, 83rd Street and East Drive NOTE: This post is adapted from a chapter in Outdoor Monuments…

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Thomas Moore, Central Park
Dennis B. Sheahan, Thomas Moore, 1879. Central Park. Photo copyright © 2019 Dianne L. Durante

Thomas Moore, Central Park

Date: 1879 Sculptor: Dennis B. SheahanMedium & size: Bronze bust, over lifesize. Location: Southeast corner of Central Park, near the Pond and 59th Street Dennis B. Sheahan, Thomas Moore, 1879.…

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Pilgrim by J.Q.A. Ward, Central Park

Date: 1885 Sculptor: John Quincy Adams WardMedium & size: Bronze (9 feet), on a granite pedestal by Richard Morris Hunt (7.5 feet); 4 bronze bas-reliefs on pedestal, each 10 x…

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John Purroy Mitchel Memorial, Central Park

Date: 1928Sculptor: Adolph A. WeinmanMedium & size: Gilded bronze bust, over lifesize, on granite steleLocation: Central Park, Fifth Ave. and 90th St. John Purroy Mitchel Memorial, 1928. Bust: Adolph A.…

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Beethoven in Central Park

Date: 1884 Sculptor: Henry BaererMedium & size: Bronze bust, over lifesize, with a smaller bronze figure below; granite pedestal. Location: Near the north end of the Central Park Mall, opposite…

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Falconer, Central Park

Sculptor: George Blackall SimondsDate: 1875Medium & size: Bronze, over lifesize, with granite pedestal. Location: Central Park, 20 feet or so up on a hill on the south side of the…

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