''Richard Stockton'' is a

marble sculpture Marble has been the preferred material for stone monumental sculpture since ancient times, with several advantages over its more common geological "parent" limestone, in particular the ability to absorb light a small distance into the surface b ...

depicting the American lawyer, jurist, legislator of the same name by Henry Kirke Brown (completed by Henry Kirke Bush-Brown), installed in the

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's crypt, in

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, as part of the

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. The statue was donated by the

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in 1888.

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* 1888 establishments in Washington, D.C. 1888 sculptures Sculptures by Henry Kirke Brown Marble sculptures in Washington, D.C. Monuments and memorials in Washington, D.C. Stockton Sculptures of men in Washington, D.C. {{US-sculpture-stub