''Ethan Allen'' is a marble sculpture of Ethan Allen by

Larkin Goldsmith Mead Larkin Goldsmith Mead, Jr. (January 3, 1835 – October 15, 1910) was an American sculpture, sculptor who worked in a Neoclassicism, neoclassical style. Career He was born at Chesterfield, New Hampshire, the son of a prominent lawyer. A coloss ...

Vermont State House

Statue of Ethan Allen by Larkin Goldsmith Mead

A statue of Allen with a different design by Mead formerly stood outside the

Vermont State House The Vermont State House, located in Montpelier, is the state capitol of the U.S. state of Vermont. It is the seat of the Vermont General Assembly. The current Greek Revival structure is the third building on the same site to be used as the Sta ...

in Montpelier. Dedicated on October 10, 1861, it deteriorated and was later destroyed.

National Statuary Hall Collection

Another statue of Meade by Allen is in the

United States Capitol The United States Capitol, often called The Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, which is formally known as the United States Congress. It is located on Capitol Hill ...

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 ...

. This statue was gifted by the state of Vermont in 1876.

Ticonderoga Museum, Ticonderoga, New York

Another carving of the statue is located in the Ticonderoga Museum in

Ticonderoga, New York Ticonderoga (, moh, Tekaniataró:ken) is a town in Essex County, New York, United States. The population was 5,042 at the 2010 census. The name comes from the Mohawk ''tekontaró:ken'', meaning "it is at the junction of two waterways". The Tow ...

. "The sculpture was previously in the collection of the Ohio County Library in West Virginia, where it had been donated by a local family. The Museum purchased it in 1973 or 1975. It was located outdoors and was moved inside because of deterioration."

In popular culture

A photograph of the statue is featured on the cover and spine of

Willard Sterne Randall Willard Sterne Randall is an American historian and author who specializes in biographies related to the American colonial period and the American Revolution. He teaches American history at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont Burlington ...

's biography of Ethan Allen.Randall, Willard Sterne, ''Ethan Allen: His Life and Times'', W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2011, cover.

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