Abraham Lincoln: The Man

Abraham Lincoln: The Man, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1887), Lincoln Park, Chicago
Diplomatic gift recasting of the statue (c. 1920) in Parliament Square, London
Diplomatic gift recasting of the statue (c. 1964) in Parque Lincoln, Mexico City

Abraham Lincoln: The Man (also called Standing Lincoln) is a larger-than-life size 12-foot (3.7 m) bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. The original statue is in Lincoln Park in Chicago, and later re-castings of the statue have been given as diplomatic gifts from the United States to the United Kingdom, and to Mexico.

Completed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens in 1887, it has been described as the most important sculpture of Lincoln from the 19th century.[1] At the time, the New York Evening Post called it "the most important achievement American sculpture has yet produced".[2] Abraham Lincoln II, Lincoln's only grandson, was present, among a crowd of 10,000, at the initial unveiling.[3] The artist later created the Abraham Lincoln: The Head of State ('Seated Lincoln') sculpture in Chicago's Grant Park.

  1. ^ Abraham Lincoln Monument Archived 18 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine. City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division (2003). Retrieved on May 8, 2007
  2. ^ "Abraham Lincoln: The Man". Chicago Park District. 2010. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  3. ^ Andrew Ferguson. Land of Lincoln: Adventures in Abe's America. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2007. 71–72