Statue of Nathanael Greene (U.S. Capitol) explained

Nathanael Greene
Italic Title:	no
Artist:	Henry Kirke Brown
Medium:	Marble sculpture
Subject:	Nathanael Greene
Metric Unit:	cm
Imperial Unit:	in
City:	Washington, D.C., U.S.

Nathaniel Greene is an 1870 marble statue of Nathanael Greene by Henry Kirke Brown, installed in the United States Capitol, in Washington, D.C., as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection. It is one of two statues donated by the state of Rhode Island.^[1] The statue portrays Greene dressed in the uniform of a Revolutionary War general, holding a sword in his left hand.

Brown later (1877) created an equestrian statue of Greene, also located in Washington, D.C.^[2]

See also

• 1870 in art

External links

• • "Presentation of the Statue of Major General Greene", 1870

Notes and References

1. Architect of the Capitol Under the Direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, Compilation of Works of Art and Other Objects in the United States Capitol, United States Government Printing Office, Washington 1965 p. 210
2. Web site: Major General Nathanael Greene. Henry Kirke. Brown. 28 February 1877. siris-artinventories.si.edu Library Catalog.