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Diana – also known as Diana of the Tower – is an iconic statue by sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, representing the goddess Diana.Once a major artistic feature of New York City, the second version stood atop the tower of Madison Square Garden from 1893 to 1925.
Diana (Saint-Gaudens) ... Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park; Statue of David Farragut (New York City) ... Media in category "Sculptures by Augustus Saint-Gaudens"
Abraham Lincoln: The Man in Lincoln Park, Chicago (1887). In 1876, Saint-Gaudens received his first major commission: a monument to Civil War Admiral David Farragut, in New York's Madison Square; his friend Stanford White designed an architectural setting for it, and when it was unveiled in 1881, its naturalism, its lack of bombast and its siting combined to make it a tremendous success, and ...
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park in Cornish, New Hampshire, preserves the home, gardens, and studios of Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907), one of America's foremost sculptors. The house and grounds of the National Historic Site served as his summer residence from 1885 to 1897, his permanent home from 1900 until his death in 1907, and ...
A solemn tribute. The new statue of Princess Diana includes a special detail calling back to a previous memorial for the late royal, Kensington Palace confirmed. Princess Diana Statue: Garden ...
Shoulders to lean on. Prince William and Prince Harry will attend the unveiling of the statue of their late mother, Princess Diana, along with other relatives, Kensington Palace confirmed on ...
The idea for the statue dates back to as early as 1888. The architect Charles Follen McKim and sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens decided in 1902 to install an equestrian statue of U.S. Army general William Tecumseh Sherman in Central Park. [4]
One of the possible models for Diana was Julia Baird, a well-known artist's model. [5] [4] The original gilt copper statue was 18 ft (5.5 m) tall, and weighed 1,800 lb (820 kg), and spun with the wind; Saint-Gaudens had draped the statue in cloth, but this was soon blown away. [2] The statue was put in place in 1891, but was soon thought to be ...