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    		• Rogers, Randolph,
     
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    		• Royal Foundry,
     
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    		• Struthers & Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Occupation -- Law
     
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    		• Animal -- Bird
     
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    		• Object -- Written Matter
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Lincoln, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Rogers, Randolph, 1825-1892, sculptor.
    Royal Foundry, founder.
    Struthers & Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Lincoln, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned 1866. 1870. Dedicated Sept. 22, 1871.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 9 ft. 6 in. x 48 in. x 96 in.; Base: approx. H. 22 ft. 6 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque, front of base:) TO/ABRAHAM LINCOLN/FROM A GRATEFUL PEOPLE (On plaque, left side of base:) I DO ORDER AND DECLARE/THAT ALL PERSONS HELD/AS SLAVES WITHIN THE STATES/IN REBELLION ARE AND HENCE-FORTH SHALL BE FREED (On plaque, on back of base:) LET US HERE HIGHLY RESOLVE /THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE/BY THE PEOPLE /AND FOR THE PEOPLE/SHALL NOT PERISH FROM THE EARTH (On plaque, on right side of base:) WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE/WITH CHARITY TOWARD ALL/WITH FIRMNESS IN THE RIGHT/AS GOD GIVES US TO SEE THE RIGHT. LET US FINISH THE WORK WE ARE IN
    Description: 
    A seated portrait of Abraham Lincoln holding a quill pen in his raised proper right hand. A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation is across his proper left leg. The sculpture rests on a square base adorned on each corner with a bronze eagle. On each side of the base is a bronze relief plaque. On the east side is laurel wreath and sword; on the north side are liberty and justice medallions; on the west side are two cross swords; and on the south side is the great seal of the United States.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham -- Full length
    Occupation -- Political -- President
    Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer
    Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
    Object -- Written Matter -- Scroll
    Object -- Other -- Writing Tool
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Coadministered by City of Philadelphia, Fairmount Park Commission, Memorial Hall, West Park, P. O. Box 21601, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131
    Coadministered by Fairmount Park Art Association, 1616 Walnut Street, Suite 2012, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
    Located Fairmount Park, East side of Park, Kelly & Sedgely Drives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Remarks: 
    The artist was commissioned for $22,000, and the sculpture was modeled in Rome and cast in Munich at a cost of $3,000. The granite base was erected by the firm of Struthers & Company.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 46-53.
    Bach, Penny Balkin, "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 199.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 46-53.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS 77006013
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