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President Abraham Lincoln and His Son Tad, (sculpture). Artist:  Frech, David, sculptor. Harnsberger, Douglas, architect. Title:  President Abraham Lincoln and His Son Tad, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated April 5, 2003. Medium:  Bronze. Dimensions:  Life-size. Description:  The sculpture depicts President Lincoln and his son, seated together on a bench. Lincoln puts his proper right arm around the shoulders of his son. On the bench to Lincoln's left is a newspaper, The Richmond Whig, dated April 5, 1865. Behind the statue is a stone wall, with the words "To bind up the nation's wounds," taken from Lincoln's second inaugural. Subject:  Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham -- Full length Portrait male -- Lincoln, Tad -- Child Occupation -- Political -- President Portrait group -- Family -- Father & Child Object -- Written Matter -- Newspaper Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Richmond Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia Located Richmond National Battlefield Park, Civil War Visitor Center at the former Tredegar Iron Works Site, Richmond, Virginia Remarks:  The sculpture was commissioned by the U.S. Historical Society, who donated it to the National Park Service. The sculpture was created by David Frech and is set in front of a granite wall designed by architect Douglas Harnsberger. The sculpture commemorates Lincoln's only visit to the city in April 1865. The sculpture's subject and placement in a park that was the former site of Tredegar Ironworks, where Confederate materials were forged during the Civil War, was controversial. IAS files contain related newspaper articles from Washington Post, March 30, 2003, and April 6, 2003; The Sun (Baltimore, MD), April 6, 2003; and an article from The Christian Science Monitor, April 4, 2003. References:  Inventory staff, 2003. Washington Post, April 6, 2003, C-6. Illustration:  The Sun (Baltimore, MD), April 6, 2003. 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 71500686   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 71500686 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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