333 North Michigan Avenue Building Panels: The Attack on Fort Dearborn, (sculpture).

333 North Michigan Avenue Building Panels: The Attack on Fort Dearborn, (sculpture).

Torrey, Fred M., 1884-1967, sculptor.

333 North Michigan Avenue Building Panels: The Attack on Fort Dearborn, (sculpture).

Attack on Fort Dearborn, (sculpture).

Approx. H. 7 ft.

History -- United States -- Military history

Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago

333 North Michigan Avenue Building, 333 North Michigan Avenue, Facade, Chicago, Illinois

On the front of the building are seven scenes: The Portage, The Covered Wagon Era, The Vanishing Indian, The Pioneer Woman, The Hunter, The Attack on Fort Dearborn, and The Traders. Six of these scenes are repeated on the north side and two on the east.

Riedy, James L., "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981.

Tolles, Thayer, ed., "American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume 2: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1865 and 1885," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001, pg. 84.

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