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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, ...
The statue of Margaret Thatcher in the Guildhall, London, is a marble sculpture of the former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher.It was commissioned in 1998 by the sculptor Neil Simmons by the Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art; [1] paid for by an anonymous donor, it was intended for a plinth among statues of former Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom in the Members' Lobby ...
[1] The first statue was installed in 1870, and, by 1971, the collection included at least one statue from every state. In 1933, Congress passed House Concurrent Resolution No. 47, which limited each state to only one statue in the Statuary Hall. Others would be distributed throughout the Capitol building. [1]
Statue name Location Date Sculptor Source Bust of Hannibal Hamlin Washington, D.C. United States Senate chamber. 1889 Franklin Bachelder Simmons [26] Statue of Hannibal Hamlin: Washington, D.C. United States Capitol. 1935 Charles Tefft [27] Statue of Hannibal Hamlin Bangor, Maine. Kenduskeag Mall 1935 Charles Tefft [28]
The Pony Express national President Pam Dixon-Simmons galloped into Old Sacramento and came to a hard stop as the final rider to complete the relay of the 10-day long journey from St. Joseph ...
Porter chose Franklin Simmons to sculpt the monument's statues, one of many works in Washington, D.C., by Simmons. Architect of the Capitol Edward Clark designed the base. Pieces of the monument began to arrive in 1876, and the final piece arrived in January 1878. Unlike most of the city's war monuments, there was no formal dedication ceremony.
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.