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    		• O'Connor, Andrew, Jr.,
     
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    		• Kittredge, John J.,
     
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    		• T. F. McGann & Sons Company,
     
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    		• Victoria White Granite 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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    		• Exedra
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Springfield
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Abraham Lincoln, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    O'Connor, Andrew, Jr., 1874-1941, sculptor.
    Kittredge, John J., contractor.
    T. F. McGann & Sons Company, founder.
    Victoria White Granite Company, carver.
    Title: 
    Abraham Lincoln, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    President Abraham Lincoln, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Oct. 15, 1918.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Figure: bronze; Base: Milford pink granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 10 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 10 in. x 2 ft. 8 in.; Base: approx. 4 ft. x 3 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 6 in.
    Inscription: 
    O'CONNOR (On back of base:) MY FRIENDS; NO ONE, NOT IN MY SITUATION,/CAN APPRECIATE MY FEELING OF SADNESS AT/THIS PARTING, TO THIS PLACE, AND THE KIND-/NESS OF THESE PEOPLE. I OWE EVERYTHING./HERE I HAVE LIVED A QUARTER OF A CENTURY,/AND I HAVE PASSED FROM A YOUNG TO AN OLD MAN./HERE MY CHILDREN HAVE BEEN BORN, AND ONE/IS BURIED. I NOW LEAVE, NOT KNOWING WHEN/OR WHETHER EVER I MAY RETURN WITH A TASK/BEFORE ME GREATER THAN THAT WHICH RESTED/UPON WASHINGTON. WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF/THAT DIVINE BEING WHO EVER ATTENDED HIM,/I CANNOT SUCEEED. WITH THAT ASSISTANCE, I/CANNOT FAIL. TRUSTING IN HIM,/WHO CAN GO/WITH ME, AND REMAIN WITH YOU, AND BE/EVERYWHERE FOR GOOD, LET US CONFIDENTLY/HOPE THAT ALL WILL YET BE WELL. TO HIS CARE/COMMEND-ING YOU. AS I HOPE IN YOUR PRAYERS/YOU WILL COMMEND ME. I BID YOU AN/AFFECTIONATE FAREWELL. signed
    Description: 
    Standing figure of Abraham Lincoln in front of a stele on an exedra base.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham -- Full length
    Occupation -- Political -- President
    Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer
    Object Type: 
    Exedra
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Springfield
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by State of Illinois, Secretary of State, Physical Services, Centennial Building, Room 195, Springfield, Illinois 62756
    Located Illinois State Capitol, 2nd Street, East Lawn, Springfield, Illinois 62756
    Remarks: 
    IAS files contain copies of unpublished report for "Restoration of Exterior Statues on the Capitol Grounds," prepared by Fischer-Wisnosky, architects, which gives Oct. 5, 1918 dedication date, as opposed to the April 18th date given on the base inscriptions. Funding for the statue, 50,000 dollars, appropriated by the Illinois General Assembly. See IAS files for pertinent pages excerpted from the Laws of the State of Illinois (1913, pg. 176), (1915, pg. 59-60), (1917, pg. 232). Unveiling of the statue was timed with Illinois centennial in 1918.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois survey, 1992.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, IL0072, 1989.
    Monumental News, March, June, 1914; April, Oct., 1918.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Monumental News, Oct., 1918, pg.445 and cover.
    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 76009764
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