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It is one of two statues donated by the state of West Virginia. [2] The sculpture was unveiled by the Hon. Thomas Condit Miller, on April 27, 1937. [3] The statue is one of three that Simmons has placed in the collection, [4] the others being William King, from Maine and Roger Williams from Rhode Island.
Simmons's original 1894 statue was rejected for the U.S. Capitol. It is now in the Portland Museum of Art. ... This page was last edited on 23 May 2024, ...
Simmons was known for his works in Washington, D.C., including the equestrian statue of John A. Logan and his many busts and statues in the Capitol. [7] [8] Porter had probably seen Simmons' works since the latter had moved to Washington, D.C., in the 1860s. Simmons had also already designed one Civil War monument located in Lewiston, Maine.
Additional outdoor sculptures include Indianapolis sculptor John Mahoney's bronze statues of George Rogers Clark, William Henry Harrison, and James Whitcomb, and Franklin Simmons's bronze statue of Oliver P. Morton. The statue of Morton, Indiana's governor from 1861 to 1867, [46] was erected at the center of the Circle in 1884. When ...
Statues of Plenty orBulls with Maidens or Ceres, grain and the Old World staff c. 1892–1893 A bronze version was erected in Humboldt Park, Chicago in 1912. Statues of Plenty or Bulls with Maidens or Native American Corn Goddess staff c. 1892–1893 A bronze version was erected in Humboldt Park, Chicago in 1912. Johannes Gelert: The Little ...
Lorado Taft in his The History of American Sculpture describes the statue as "a credible work, which may well have ranked for years among the best in that collection". [4] The statue is one of three that Simmons has placed in the collection, [5] the others being William King, from Maine and Francis Harrison Pierpont from West Virginia.
The structure fell into disrepair until the 1970s where the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) was assigned to take care of it, modern weathering such as acid rain and protestors climbing the statue caused even limbs to fall off of the statues. The AOC added a special layer of protective mineral solution in order to protect the marble from modern ...
The statue was accepted in the collection by Senator Hannibal Hamlin (who himself became the subject of Maine's second entry to the Collection) and Senator James G. Blaine on January 22, 1878, who rhapsodized upon the occasion, “He restrained the wrath of the impudent, quickened the zeal of the laggard, dissipated the fears of the doubting ...