A Great Man
by Kathy Barney
Title
A Great Man
Artist
Kathy Barney
Medium
Photograph - Photography-digital Art
Description
George Grey Barnard's LINCOLN STATUE stands in the circle of the park entrance. From a low, red-granite pedestal, the heroic bronze figure of the Abraham Lincoln towers to a height of 11 feet. Erect, hands folded in front, and without a beard, the Barnard Lincoln is inexpressibly sad, care-worn, and weary. Time has laid a pale green patina on the figure.
Barnard worked on the statue in his New York studio from 1911 to 1916. After being exhibited on the grounds of the Union Theological Seminary, it was brought to Cincinnati. On March 31, 1917, the statue was presented to the city by Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Taft. Former President William Howard Taft delivered the principal address at the unveiling. Although some Cincinnatians thought it a monstrosity, because of the exaggerated hands and the unstatesmanlike pose, the work is accepted as a masterpiece.
~ from Cincinnati: A Guide to the Queen City and Its Neighbors, 1943, Tour 3, pgs. 162-163
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