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Daniel Chester French

1850

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Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.70.33
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

About

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Daniel Chester French was an American sculptor in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His works include The Minute Man, an 1874 statue in Concord, Massachusetts, and his 1920 monumental statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (17)

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The Angel of Death and the Sculptor from the Milmore Memorial

1921 · Marble

93 1/2 x 100 1/2 x 32 1/2 in. (237.5 x 255.3 x 82.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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American Red Cross War Council Medal (obverse)

1920 · bronze

Diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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American Red Cross War Council Medal (reverse)

1920 · bronze

Diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

American Red Cross War Council Medal

1920 · bronze

Diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Medal Commemorating the Completion of Catskill Aqueduct

1918 · bronze

Diameter: 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Abraham Lincoln

1916 · Bronze

H.: 83.8 cm (33 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Spirit of the Waters

1913 · Bronze

11 1/8 x 8 1/2 x 4 in. (28.3 x 21.6 x 10.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Abraham Lincoln

1912 · Bronze

95.9 × 31.2 × 25.4 cm (37 3/4 × 12 1/4 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Mourning Victory from the Melvin Memorial

1906 · Marble

120 1/2 x 57 1/4 x 28 3/4 in. (306.1 x 145.4 x 73 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bust of Mary Harris Thompson, MD

1902 · Marble

74.8 × 56.6 × 37.5 cm (29 7/16 × 22 1/4 × 14 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Truth

1900 · Plaster

147.1 × 53.4 × 40.7 cm (57 7/8 × 21 × 16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Painting & Sculpture

1899 · Bronze

12 1/4 × 4 1/8 × 2 3/4 in. (31.1 × 10.5 × 7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Architecture

1898 · Bronze

12 3/8 × 4 1/8 × 2 3/4 in. (31.4 × 10.5 × 7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dewey medal

1898 · Bronze

Art Institute of Chicago

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Memory

1886 · Marble

57 1/2 x 25 x 42 1/2 in. (146.1 x 63.5 x 108 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

1879 · Bronze

22 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 9 in. (57.2 x 26 x 22.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

1879 · Plaster

58.5 × 25.4 × 28 cm (23 × 10 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (3)

17 published of 17 catalogued · 8 with image

The Met
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Art Institute Chicago
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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4 entries · 1 sources

American Red Cross War Council Medal (obverse)
1920 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
American Red Cross War Council Medal
1920 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Medal Commemorating the Completion of Catskill Aqueduct
1918 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
American Red Cross War Council Medal (reverse)
1920 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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