Lincoln, (sculpture).

Lincoln, (sculpture).

Roger, John H., 1829-1904, sculptor.

di Biccari, Adio, 1914-2008, sculptor.

Shure, Robert, 1948- , sculptor.

R. P. Stevens Company, fabricator.

Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.

Paul King Foundry, founder.

Lincoln, (sculpture).

Modeled 1892. Cast 1910. Dedicated May 30, 1910.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: gray granite.

Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. x 4 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 6 ft. 6 in. x 12 ft. 6 in. x 12 ft. 6 in.

(On self-base:) JOHN ROGERS Sc./NEW YORK/1892 (On self-base:) Gorham Co - Founders (On east side of base:) WITH CHARITY FOR ALL (On west side of base:) WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE (On north side of base:) THE ORIGINAL MODEL/OF THIS SCULPTURE/BY/JOHN ROGERS, SCULPTOR/WAS PRESENTED BY HIM/TO THE CITY OF/MANCHESTER, N.H./A.D. 1895 (On south side of base:) ERECTED UNDER THE AUSPICES/OF/LOUIS BELL POST NO. 3 G.A.R./WITH THE AID OF THE/LINCOLN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION/AND OTHERS OF MANCHESTER, N.H./A.D. 1910 signed

Seated portrait of Abraham Lincoln. He wears a suit and jacket with tie and has a beard. His proper left leg is crossed over his proper right leg. He is turned to the proper right in the chair and rests his proper right arm on the back of the chair. He holds an unfurled map in his proper left hand; the map drapes across his lap and down to the floor. A furled scroll is on the ground under the chair. The bronze sculpture stands on a gray granite stepped base.

Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham -- Full length

Occupation -- Political -- President

Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer

Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Manchester

Manchester Central High School, 207 Lowell Street, Manchester, New Hampshire 03104

The sculpture is a bronze cast of the original plaster sculpture exhibited at the Columbian Exposition of 1893. Rogers presented the original plaster work to the city of Manchester in 1895. The drive to cast the sculpture in bronze was led by the G.A.R. Louis Bell Post No. 3. Cost of the sculpture was $4,680; cost of the pedestal and foundation was $2,163.79. The bronze was cast by Gorham Manufacturing; R. P. Stevens did the stonework.

In the early 1970's it was discovered that vandals had removed the scrolled map from Lincoln's lap. In 1976 a copy of the scroll was executed by di Bicarri and Shure and cast by the Paul King Foundry. Funds for the new scroll were raised by the students at the Manchester Central High School.

IAS files contain copy of relate excerpt from David Ruell's unpublished manuscript "The Public Sculpture of New Hampshire", Concord: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1980, pg. 166-168; and from David H. Wallace's "John Roger: the People's Sculptor", Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, pg. 163, 270. IAS files contain copy of related dedication ceremony brochure and documentation (1910), and rededication ceremony program (1976) and related correspondence. IAS files contain copies of numerous related articles from Manchester Union, 1910, 1969 and 1976; New Hampshire Sunday News 1971, 1972; and The Little Green (Central High, Manchester, NH) 1964, 1967, 1972, 1974.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1993.

Manchester Union Leader, May 28, 1976.

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