''Jacob Collamer'' is a marble statue of
Jacob Collamer by
Preston Powers
Preston Powers (1843 – 1931) was an American sculptor, painter, and teacher, born in Florence, Italy. He is also known as William Preston Powers.
Biography
Powers studied with his father, Hiram Powers, a well known Neo-classical sculpto ...
, installed 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 ...
, 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 ...
. It is one of two statues donated by the state of
Vermont
Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...
. The statue was accepted in the collection by
Alexander H. Stephens
Alexander Hamilton Stephens (February 11, 1812 – March 4, 1883) was an American politician who served as the vice president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865, and later as the 50th governor of Georgia from 1882 until his death in 1 ...
in 1881.
[Murdock, Myrtle Chaney, ''National Statuary Hall in the Nation’s Capitol'', Monumental Press, Inc., Washington, D.C., 1955 pp. 78–79]
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1881 establishments in Washington, D.C.
1881 sculptures
Marble sculptures in Washington, D.C.
Monuments and memorials in Washington, D.C.
Collamer, Jacob
Sculptures of men in Washington, D.C.
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