Admiral David Glasgow Farragut (Manhattan)
The monument in 2006 | |
![]() ![]() Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Location in New York City | |
Artist | Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Stanford White |
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Year | 1881 |
Type | Sculpture |
Medium | Bronze, granite |
Subject | David Farragut |
Location | New York City, New York, United States |
40°44′33″N 73°59′16″W / 40.74260°N 73.98770°WCoordinates: 40°44′33″N 73°59′16″W / 40.74260°N 73.98770°W |
Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, also known as the Admiral Farragut Monument, is an outdoor bronze sculpture of David Farragut by sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens on an exedra designed by architect Stanford White, located in Madison Square in Manhattan, New York. The statue, cast in 1880 and dedicated on May 25, 1881, is set on a Coopersberg (Pennsylvania) black granite pedestal.[1]
A 1910 bronze bust from the sculpture is held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[2]
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Media related to Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Monument at Wikimedia Commons
- Gallery: Stanford White's Manhattan: The Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Memorial, PBS
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