MacMonnies’s Stranahan, Prospect Park

James S.T. Stranahan Date: 1891 Sculptor: Frederick MacMonnies Architect: Stanford White Medium & size: bronze (green patina), 7'8" tall. Pedestal: Knoxville marble and pink granite, 7'4" tall. Location: Prospect Park,…

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Washington’s Inaugural Address, 4/30/1789

On the steps of Federal Hall, facing Wall Street, stands Ward's sculpture of George Washington, representing him on April 30, 1789, just after his inauguration as first president of the…

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Celebrating the Battles of Lexington and Concord: Kitson
Henry Hudson Kitson, Minute Man, 1900. Photo: Aldaron / Wikipedia

Celebrating the Battles of Lexington and Concord: Kitson

The Lexington Minute Man Daniel Chester French's Minute Man in Concord, Massachusetts, is the famous one. I love all French's works (especially the Continents), but I like Kitson's Minute Man…

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Lorelei Fountain (Heine Memorial), Bronx

Date: 1888; unveiled in Bronx in 1899 Sculptor: Ernst HerterMedium & size: Tyrolean marble, Dover marble, bronze, granite. Total height 19 feet. Basin diameter 34.5 feet. Location: Southern end of…

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