Architect Stanford White created a Beaux Arts Style setting for Abraham Lincoln, Head of State that includes a pair of 50' tall fluted columns topped with carved torches.
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Special Collections, ca. 1945
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Saint-Gaudens depicted Lincoln sitting in a chair with the president's shawl draped on the back. The solemn looking sculpture was the gift of railroad magnate John Crerar.
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CPD Special Collections, 1960
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Architect Stanford White created a Beaux Arts Style setting for Abraham Lincoln, Head of State that includes a pair of 50' tall fluted columns topped with carved torches.
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Special Collections, ca. 1945
Media Caption
Saint-Gaudens depicted Lincoln sitting in a chair with the president's shawl draped on the back. The solemn looking sculpture was the gift of railroad magnate John Crerar.