"The Young Lincoln" Replica Statue
- Title:
- "The Young Lincoln" Replica Statue
- Collection:
- Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia
- Creator:
- Barnard, George Grey (American sculptor, 1863-1938)
- Donor:
- Dean, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H.
- Photographer:
- Espinosa de los Monteros, Pamela
- Date:
- 1917
- Acquisition Date:
- 1965
- Location:
- Uris Library, Arthur H. Dean Reading Room, Cornell University
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- artsdb_0113
- Accession Number:
- W84-41.3
UL_D-S10 - File Name:
- artsdb_0113.jpg
- Culture:
- American
- Work Type:
- portraits
statues - Materials/Techniques:
- bronze
- Subject:
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Image View Type:
- General
- Image View Description:
- Front View
- Measurement:
- 58 (inches, height)
- Description:
- A replica of George G. Barnard's controversial statue of United States President Abraham Lincoln. Original work was commissioned by Charles Taft for the Lytle Park in Cincinnati, OH (1917). Additional replicas of this statue can be found in Manchester (England), and Louisville (KY).
George Grey Barnard’s statue of Abraham Lincoln was originally commissioned by Charles Taft for the city of Cincinnati. In 1917, Taft offered a replica of this statue to the commemorative project organized by the American Peace Centenary Committee for the Centennial anniversary of peace between Great Britain and the United States. To mark the occasion, the committee proposed a gift of two statues, one of George Washington, and the other of Abraham Lincoln. An Abraham Lincoln statue by the artist Augustus Saint-Gaudens was originally selected, but when no benefactor for the Saint-Gaudens’ replica could be found, Charles Taft offered to replicate Barnard’s Lincoln statue. Barnard’s statue broke with neoclassical convention and instead portrayed Lincoln as an “Icon of Equality,” and an embodiment of the “New World hero without pride in rank or culture,”[Schwartz, Barry. 1991. "Iconography and Collective Memory: Lincoln's Image in the American Mind". Sociological Quarterly. 32 (3): 301-319]. As a result, a heated debated ensued regarding the appropriateness of Barnard’s depiction of Lincoln.
More detailed information on this statue may be found in:
Schwartz, Barry. 1991. "Iconography and Collective Memory: Lincoln's Image in the American Mind". Sociological Quarterly. 32 (3): 301-319.
American sculptor and collector George Grey Barnard was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago (1882), and the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris(1884-87), under Pierre-Jules Cavelier ["Barnard, George Grey." Columbia University, and Bartleby.com, Inc. 2004.Columbia encyclopedia. New York:Columbia University Press. http://www.bartleby.com/65/]. His most notable works include “Struggle of the Two Natures in Man,” for the Pennsylvania State Capital at Harrisburg, and a controversial bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln for Lytle Park in Cincinnati, Ohio (1917). Replicas of the Abraham Lincoln statue can be found in Manchester, England, and Louisville, Kentucky. An additional work by Barnard featured on a University campus is “The God Pan,” at Columbia University. His collection of early Gothic sculptures and medieval architecture fragments were purchased in 1925 by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and formed the basis of the Cloisters Museum in New York [Donna J. Hassler. "Barnard, George Grey.” Oxford Art Online. 2007. [Oxford, England]: Oxford University Press. http://www.oxfordartonline.com
"George Grey Barnard." Encyclopedia Britannica, inc. 2001. Encyclopedia Britannica online. [Chicago]: Encyclopedia Britannica. http://search.eb.com/]. - Source:
- "Barnard, George Grey." Columbia University, and Bartleby.com, Inc. 2004.Columbia encyclopedia. New York: Columbia University Press. http://www.bartleby.com/65/.
"Barnard, George Grey (1863-1938)," Hutchinson (Firm). 2011. The Hutchinson unabridged encyclopedia with atlas and weather guide. Oxford, England: Helicon. http://www.credoreference.com/book/heliconhe.
Donna J. Hassler. "Barnard, George Grey.” Oxford Art Online. 2007. [Oxford, England]: Oxford University Press. http://www.oxfordartonline.com.
"George Grey Barnard." Encyclopedia Britannica, inc. 2001. Encyclopedia Britannica online. [Chicago]:Encyclopedia Britannica. http://search.eb.com/.
Schwartz, Barry. 1991. "Iconography and Collective Memory: Lincoln's Image in the American Mind". Sociological Quarterly. 32 (3): 301-319. - Repository:
- Cornell University
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia Collection is protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are Cornell University Library and the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus. This collection was created by Cornell University Library in 2010, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Howard Howland. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus at cape@cornell.edu for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.