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| Location | Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 40°48′29″N96°42′03″W / 40.80806°N 96.70088°W /40.80806; -96.70088 |
| Designer | Daniel Chester French |
| Material | Bronze sculpture |
| Opening date | 1912 (1912) |
Abraham Lincoln – also known asThe Gettysburg Lincoln – is a bronze statue of PresidentAbraham Lincoln byDaniel Chester French, located on the grounds of theNebraska State Capitol. The monument was commissioned by the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Association ofLincoln, Nebraska, and produced in 1912.
The statue was cast in bronze byJno. Williams, Inc. of New York.[1] Its architectural setting was created by French's longtime collaboratorHenry Bacon. The 8.67 ft (2.64 m) statue stands upon a 6 ft (1.83 m) granite base and before a 20 ft (6.1 m) granitestele, on which is inscribed the text of Lincoln'sGettysburg Address.
French later used much of his research for this statue – consisting largely of studyingMathew Brady's photographs of Lincoln and obtaining a copy ofLeonard Volk's plaster life cast of the president[2] – in the creation of his most famous work: theLincoln statue (1920) at theLincoln Memorial inWashington, D.C.
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