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    		• Walker, Nellie Verne,
     
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    		• American Bronze Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham
     
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    		• Occupation -- Law
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Animal -- Cattle
     
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    		• Figure group
     
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    		• Architecture -- Vehicle
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Lawrenceville
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Lincoln Trail Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Walker, Nellie Verne, 1874-1973, sculptor.
    American Bronze Company, founder.
    Title: 
    Lincoln Trail Monument, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Lincoln Entering Illinois, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1938.
    Medium: 
    Cast bronze and Indiana limestone.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure of Lincoln: approx. H. 7 ft. 7 in.; Bas-relief: 15 ft. 4 in. x 28 ft. 6 in. x 5 ft. 9 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Bronze base, proper right:) Nellie Walker SC (Bronze base, proper left:) Am. Art Bronze FDRY 1938 (Base front:) IN THE LATE WINTER OF 1830 A FEW WEEKS AFTER HIS 21ST BIRTHDAY/ABRAHAM LINCOLN PASSED THIS WAY WITH HIS FATHER'S FAMILY/ENTERING THE STATE OF ILLINOIS FOR THE FIRST TIME/PRESENTED TO THE STATE OF ILLINOIS BY THE ILLINOIS ORGANIZATION/DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION JUNE 14, 1938 signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A full-length standing bronze figure of Lincoln set against a sculptured limestone wall panel. Lincoln holds a stick in his right hand. The wall relief is composed of several rectangular blocks and depicts the profiles of three adults and two children walking with an ox-driven covered wagon. An angel flies above the group looking back at them.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham -- Full length
    Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer
    Occupation -- Political -- President
    Animal -- Cattle
    Figure group
    Architecture -- Vehicle -- Wagon
    Object Type: 
    Relief
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Lawrenceville
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by State of Illinois, Department of Historic Preservation, 313 South 6th Street, Springfield, Illinois 62701
    Located Lincoln Memorial Bridge, West end, Lawrenceville, Illinois 62439
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois survey, 1992.
    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 IL000296
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