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Visit Abraham Lincoln The Man - Monument, Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois
In 1887, the New York Evening Post described Abraham Lincoln: The Man as “the most important achievement American sculpture has yet produced.” Produced by renowned sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens the artwork was funded by a $40,000 gift left by Chicago lumber merchant Eli Bates (1806–1881) in his will for an Abraham Lincoln monument in Lincoln Park. Although Saint-Gaudens had initially refused to participate in a design competition for the project, the committee selected him after rejecting all the applicants to the contest.
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