Statue of Abraham Lincoln (New York City) explained

Statue of Abraham Lincoln
Italic Title:no
Artist:Henry Kirke Brown
Type:Sculpture
Material:Bronze
Subject:Abraham Lincoln
Metric Unit:cm
Imperial Unit:in
City:Manhattan, New York, United States
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:13
Coordinates:40.7362°N -73.9901°W

An outdoor bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln by Henry Kirke Brown is installed in Union Square in Manhattan, New York. The statue was sponsored by the Union League Club of New York.[1]

Description and history

Cast in 1870 and dedicated on September 16 of that year, the statue was originally installed at the southwest corner of Union Square, where the statue of Mahatma Gandhi now stands.[2] In 1875, a stone and bronze rail fence was constructed around the statue of Lincoln; the fence included an inscription of text from his second inaugural address, "with malice toward none; charity toward all."[2] During the 1930 redesign of Union Square Park, the statue was moved to its current location, but the fence remained. The statue is in axial alignment with the Independence Flagstaff and George Washington. It was conserved in 1992.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Union Square Park, Abraham Lincoln. Official Website of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. 2023-02-20. 2022-09-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20220929080616/https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/union-square-park/monuments/913. live.
  2. Web site: Union Square Park: Abraham Lincoln. July 23, 2014. New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. July 17, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140717132556/http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/unionsquarepark/monuments/913. live.