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    		• Pelzer, Alfonso,
     
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    		• W. H. Mullins Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Object -- Written Matter
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- St. Cloud
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    (Abraham Lincoln), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Pelzer, Alfonso, d. 1904, sculptor. (copy after)
    W. H. Mullins Company, founder.
    Title: 
    (Abraham Lincoln), (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Original cast 1898. 1918. Dedicated May 30, 1918.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: sheet copper; Pedestal: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 7 ft.; Pedestal: approx. H. 10 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Incised on pedestal, top front:) DEDICATED TO/MCKELVY POST NO. 134 G.A.R./OF ST. CLOUD, MINN./MEMORIAL DAY, MAY 30, 1918 (Incised on pedestal, bottom front:) "WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE/WITH CHARITY FOR ALL/WITH FIRMNESS IN THE RIGHT/AS GOD GIVES US TO SEE THE RIGHT" (Donors are listed on the reverse of the pedestal)
    Description: 
    Full-length figure of Abraham Lincoln stands on a tall pedestal, flanked by urns, on a low base. Lincoln wears a suit with bow tie, vest and long coat. His proper right hand is extended palm up and he holds an unfurled scroll, the Emancipation Proclamation, in his proper left hand. There is an unfurled American flag incised on the front of the pedestal, between inscriptions.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham -- Full length
    Occupation -- Political -- President
    Object -- Written Matter -- Scroll
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- St. Cloud
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of St. Cloud, Parks Department, 400 2nd Streeet South, St. Cloud, Minnesota 56301
    Located Fourth Avenue North, near Veterans Memorial Bridge, St. Cloud, Minnesota
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was placed on Victory Memorial Drive in honor of the city's Civil War Veterans. The sculpture is one of eight known pieces by the W. H. Mullins Company based on the 1898 design of Alfonso Pelzer. Donors to the sculpture include the Elks Club and the Gustavus Adolphus Sick Benefit Society. IAS files contain an excerpt from "Monumental Minnesota," by Moira F. Harris ([St. Paul]: Pogo Press, 1992, pg. 27-28).
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota survey, 1995.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    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 MN000607
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