Statue of Stephen F. Austin

Statue of Stephen F. Austin
Marble statue of Stephen F. Austin on a stone pedestal
The statue in the National Statuary Hall Collection
ArtistElisabet Ney
Year1905 (1905)
MediumMarble sculpture
SubjectStephen F. Austin
Dimensions194 cm (76.5 in)[1]: 140 
LocationNational Statuary Hall Collection, Washington, D.C., United States

Stephen F. Austin is a statue of Stephen F. Austin by Elisabet Ney, originally modeled in 1893 and installed in 1905; it is part of the National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., as one of the two statues from Texas. The other Texas statue, Sam Houston, is also by Ney and was produced in parallel. Another carving of Stephen F. Austin is displayed in the Texas State Capitol, where it was installed in 1903.[2]

The statue in the Texas State Capitol
  1. ^ Cutrer, Emily Fourmy (2016). The Art of the Woman: The Life and Work of Elisabet Ney. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 9781623494247. Archived from the original on August 13, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  2. ^ Fowler, Mike; Maguire, Jack (1988). The Capitol Story: Statehouse in Texas. Austin, Texas: Eakin Press. p. cs 12.