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The Washington Monument is an obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States, victorious commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783 in the American Revolutionary War, and the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.
The first completed monument to Washington. George Washington (1857), by Edward Sheffield Bartholomew, Druid Hill Park, Baltimore; George Washington (1947), by Lee Lawrie, Washington College, Chestertown. A bronze version of Lawrie's marble statue at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC.
The Washington Monument at West Point is an equestrian monument to George Washington at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.The bronze replica of a sculpture that was originally designed by Henry Kirke Brown and erected in Union Square, New York City, in 1856— the first equestrian sculpture cast in the United States— was obtained for West Point by Clarence P. Towne ...
Equestrian statue of George Washington: New York City, New York. Union Square. 1856 Henry Kirke Brown: George Washington: Baltimore, Maryland. Druid Hill Park. 1857 Edward Sheffield Bartholomew: Virginia Washington Monument: Richmond, Virginia. Capitol Square. 1858–1869 Thomas Crawford and Randolph Rogers: Lieutenant General George Washington ...
Equestrian statue of George Washington (Washington Circle) Washington Memorial Chapel; Washington Monument; Washington Monument (Baltimore) Washington Monument (Boonsboro, Maryland) Washington Monument (Milwaukee) Washington Monument (West Point) Washington Monument State Park; Washington Square (Charleston) Washington Square Arch; Washington, D.C.
The equestrian monument that originally attracted Houdon to America was never commissioned. The 1783 resolution authorizing such a statue would eventually be fulfilled in 1860 when Clark Mills's equestrian statue of George Washington was installed at Washington Circle.
The original cornerstone of the Washington Monument in Baltimore, thought to be long lost, was discovered last week while crews dug for a sewage tank. "We discovered the cornerstone last week.
Washington Resigning His Commission is a life-size plaster statue of General George Washington by the sculptor Ferdinand Pettrich created around 1841. It depicts George Washington's resignation as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and is on display at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.. [1] [2]