Plaster model of Louis Saint Gaudens lion statue, side view

Plaster model of Louis Saint Gaudens lion statue, side view

Item Information

Title:
Plaster model of Louis Saint Gaudens lion statue, side view
Description:
Louis Saint-Gaudens was the brother of Augustus Saint Gaudens. His lions were installed in the Grand Stairway as the memorial for the 2nd and 20th Massachusetts Infantry Regiments. Model is of the lion ultimately placed on south side of staircase commemorating the 20th Regiment. Photo No. 45 by Edward Stevens, Clerk of Works.
Photographer:
Stevens, Edward F. (Edward Fletcher), 1860-1946
Sculptor:
Saint-Gaudens, Louis, 1854-
Date:
December 1888
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Trustees' Library
Series:
Trustees' McKim Construction Photos
Subjects:
Public libraries
Sculpture
Lions
Monuments & memorials
Boston Public Library
Extent:
1 photographic print : silver print
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/ms35tx394
Terms of Use:
No Copyright - United States
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Notes:
Image from: Public library building Copley Square : photographs of progress of the work August 1888 to Dec. 31, 1889
Image caption: No. 45.
Accession #:
06_03_000049
Call #:
T.R. Cab. 5.4 Vol. 1