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Daniel Chester French
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Portrait of Daniel C. French, sculptor of the figure, "Wisconsin" which graces the top of the Wisconsin State Capitol dome. French met George Post at the Columbian Exposition where Post's figure of "The Republic" provided a stylistic prototype to "Wisconsin."
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Adolf Weinman
Portrait of sculptor Adolph Weinman. He sculpted the South Pediment at the Wisconsin State Capitol, and the seated figure of Abraham Lincoln that sits in front of Bascom Hall at the University of W...
Karl Bitter
Portrait of Karl Bitter, sculptor of "Wealth" and other statuary for the Wisconsin State Capitol.
Wisconsin State Capitol Dome
1931
Wisconsin State Capitol dome, showing the statue "Wisconsin" by Daniel Chester French.
Wisconsin State Capitol "Wisconsin" Model
circa 1910-1919
"Wisconsin" artist's working model for the final heroic-size bronze created in 1914 by the sculptor Daniel Chester French to crown the Wisconsin State Capitol dome. The model here represented is in...
Raising "Wisconsin" Statue
July 20, 1914
The bronze statue "Wisconsin," by Daniel Chester French, is hoisted to the top of the Wisconsin State Capitol dome.
Helen Farnsworth Mears
1893
Portrait of Oshkosh native Helen Farnsworth Mears, age 20, at the time of the unveiling of her sculpture, "Genius of Wisconsin," on display at the southwest entrance of the Wisconsin State Capitol....
