Samuel Gross (1897) is a bronze statue by sculptor Alexander Stirling Calder that was created as a monument to the American surgeon Dr. Samuel D. Gross (1805–1884). It was commissioned for and originally installed at the Army Medical School in Washington, D.C., on what is now the National Mall.
Samuel Gross (Calder)
Alexander Stirling Calder
Alexander Stirling Calder was an American sculptor and teacher. He was the son of sculptor Alexander Milne Calder and the father of sculptor Alexander (Sandy) Calder. His best-known works are George Washington as President on the Washington Square Arch in New York City, the Swann Memorial Fountain in Philadelphia, and the Leif Eriksson Memorial in Reykjavík, Iceland.
A. Stirling Calder at work on the Star Maiden (1913). Audrey Munson was the model.
Swann Memorial Fountain (1920–1924), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Leif Eriksson Memorial (1929–1932), Reykjavík, Iceland
Image: Statue of Samuel D. Gross