Bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln (1916) by Daniel Chester French, as seen in the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Inscription: Lorado Taft paid tribute to Daniel Chester French as "the dean of American sculptors." French specialized in large-scale marble statues, private memorials, and portrait busts. Here the sculptor captured Abraham Lincoln in a difficult hour of decision, and the president's expression is more serious and thoughtful than in French's earlier bronze of the standing Lincoln. This bronze is a reduced version of the full-size statue in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., which French worked on with the architect Henry Bacon. Daniel Chester French's brother, William M. R. French, was the first director of the Art Institute (1879-1914).
Canon EOS 10D: 50mm (80mm) f/2.5 1/125" ISO 400 Capture time: 2008-09-18 11:28:49
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