''Crawford Long'' is a 1926

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depicting the American surgeon and pharmacist of the same name by

J. Massey Rhind John Massey Rhind (9 July 1860 – 1 January 1936) was a Scottish-American sculptor. Among Rhind's better known works is the Stephenson Grand Army of the Republic Memorial and the marble statue of Dr. Crawford W. Long, located in the Natio ...

, installed in the

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, in

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, as part of the

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. It is one of two statues donated by the

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. The work was unveiled on unveiled March 30, 1926. As befitted the subject, Rhind had the statue carved from Georgia marble by Georgia sculptor James K Watt.

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* 1926 establishments in Washington, D.C. 1926 sculptures Bronze sculptures in Washington, D.C. Monuments and memorials in Washington, D.C. Long, Crawford Sculptures of men in Washington, D.C. Sculptures by J. Massey Rhind {{US-sculpture-stub

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