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    		• Hubard, William James,
     
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    		• Houdon, Jean Antoine,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Washington, George
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- Raleigh
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    George Washington, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Hubard, William James, 1807-1862, caster.
    Houdon, Jean Antoine, 1741-1828, sculptor. (copy after)
    Title: 
    George Washington, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated on July 4, 1857.
    Medium: 
    Bronze.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Washington, George
    Occupation -- Political -- President
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- Raleigh
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    North Carolina State Capitol, Raleigh, North Carolina
    Remarks: 
    One of six casts by Hubard from a mold of Houdon's "Washington" in the rotunda of theVirginia State Capitol. The sculpture was intended to replace a marble sculpture of Washington by Antonio Canova that was destroyed when the North Carolina State House burned in 1831. (In 1970 a replica was placed in the rotunda of the Capitol -see IAS record number 76005424.)
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    State of North Carolina, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, 1978.
    "Heroes & Heroines on Union Square," Raleigh, North Carolina: State Capitol Foundation, Inc., 1983, no. 4.
    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 75006503
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