Statue of General William F. Draper

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Title

Statue of General William F. Draper

Subject

Draper, William F. (William Franklin), 1842-1910; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States.Army--Generals; United States.Army.Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 25th; United States.Army.Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 36th; Legislators--United States--1890-1990; Equestrian statues--Massachusetts--Milton; Draper family; French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931

Description

A photograph of the Statue of General William Franklin Draper located in Draper Park in the heart of Milford, Massachusetts. The statue shows General William F. Draper seated upon a horse. Both the park and the statue were presented to the town by his wife, Susan Preston Draper, in 1912, shortly after his death on Jan. 28, 1910. The statue was designed by Daniel Chester French, probably best known for his statue of Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial.

Publisher

Date

1912-1940?

Relation

Is part of the Bancroft Memorial Library Local History Collection, Hopedale, Massachusetts. http://www.hopedale-ma.gov/Public_Documents/HopedaleMA_Library/index

Format

image/jpg

Language

en-US

Type

Image

Identifier

DRFAM-WFD1842-002

Files

Collection

Citation

“Statue of General William F. Draper,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 19, 2013, http://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/742.

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