''Nathaniel Greene'' is an 1870 marble statue of
Nathanael Greene
Major general (United States), Major General Nathanael Greene (August 7, 1742 – June 19, 1786) was an American military officer and planter who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War. He emerge ...
by
Henry Kirke Brown
Henry Kirke Brown (February 24, 1814 in Leyden, Massachusetts – July 10, 1886 in Newburgh, New York) was an American sculptor.
Life
He began to paint portraits while still a boy, studied painting in Boston under Chester Harding, learned a li ...
, installed in the
United States Capitol
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, in
Washington, D.C.
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, as part of the
National Statuary Hall Collection
The National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol is composed of statues donated by individual states to honor persons notable in their history. Limited to two statues per state, the collection was originally set up in the old Hal ...
. It is one of two statues donated by the state of
Rhode Island
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. The statue portrays Greene dressed in the uniform of a
Revolutionary War general, holding a sword in his left hand.
Brown later (1877) created an
equestrian statue of Greene, also located in Washington, D.C.
See also
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1870 in art
References
External links
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"Presentation of the Statue of Major General Greene" 1870
1870 establishments in Washington, D.C.
1870 sculptures
Sculptures by Henry Kirke Brown
Marble sculptures in Washington, D.C.
Monuments and memorials in Washington, D.C.
Greene, Nathaniel
Sculptures of men in Washington, D.C.
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