Saint Gaudens' The Shaw Memorial Marches On
by Cora Wandel
Title
Saint Gaudens' The Shaw Memorial Marches On
Artist
Cora Wandel
Medium
Photograph
Description
The celebrated American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens was commissioned to make the Shaw Memorial in the early 1880s, and it was completed and dedicated in 1897. The sculpture masterly depicts Colonel Robert Shaw and the first African-American infantry from the North (Massachusetts) to fight for the Union during the Civil War. The Shaw Memorial is on prominent display at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., where it was photographed.
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November 14th, 2016
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