Daniel Chester French
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Daniel Chester French was an American sculptor in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His works include The Minute Man, an 1874 statue in Concord, Massachusetts, and his 1920 monumental statue of
French in 1902
French's summer home, studio Chesterwood in Stockbridge, Massachusetts
French in his studio with the model for Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Alice Cogswell, c. 1889
The Minute Man (1874) in Concord, Massachusetts
Lincoln Memorial
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The Lincoln Memorial is a U.S. national memorial honoring Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, located on the western end of the National Mall of Washington, D.C. The memorial is
Daniel Chester French
…20th centuries. His works include The Minute Man, an 1874 statue in Concord, Massachusetts, and his 1920 monumental statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. French was born on April 20, 1850, in Exeter, New Hampshire, the son of Anne Richardson (1811–1856), daughter of William Merchant…
The Lincoln Memorial in 2013
Lincoln Memorial in June 2012
West Potomac Park prior to the memorial's construction, c. 1912
The memorial under construction in July 1916