Statue of John James Ingalls explained

John James Ingalls
Italic Title:	no
Artist:	Charles Henry Niehaus
Medium:	Marble sculpture
Subject:	John J. Ingalls
Metric Unit:	cm
Imperial Unit:	in

John James Ingalls is a 1905 marble sculpture of the politician of the same name by Charles Henry Niehaus, formerly installed in the United States Capitol, in Washington, D.C., as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection. It was one of two statues donated by the state of Kansas.^[1] The statue was accepted in the collection by Senator Arthur P. Gorman on January 21, 1905.^[2] On July 27, 2022, it was replaced by a Statue of Amelia Earhart.^[3]

See also

• 1905 in art

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. 211
2. Murdock, Myrtle Chaney, National Statuary Hall in the Nation's Capitol, Monumental Press, Inc., Washington, D.C., 1955 pp. 36–37
3. Web site: Amelia Earhart Statue. Architect of the Capitol. July 28, 2022.