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Wade Hampton III
is a 1929
marble sculpture
depicting the
military officer and politician of the same name
by
Frederick Ruckstull
, installed in the
United States Capitol
, in
Washington D.C.
, as part of the
National Statuary Hall Collection
. It is one of two statues donated by the state of
South Carolina
.
[1]
The statue was accepted in the collection by
Duncan Heyward
on June 10, 1929.
[2]
Hampton is one of several
Confederate States of America
civilian and military leaders enshrined in the National Statuary Hall Collection, although unlike some of the others, Hampton is not portrayed wearing his CSA uniform. Ruckstull had previously executed an equestrian statue of Hampton in 1906 that was installed in front of the
South Carolina State House
in
Columbia, South Carolina
.
[3]
References
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Architect of the Capitol Under the Direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, Compilation of Works of Art and Other Objects in the United States Capitol, United States Government Printing Office, Washington 1965 p. 210
- ^
Murdock, Myrtle Chaney,
National Statuary Hall in the Nation’s Capitol
, Monumental Press, Inc., Washington, D.C., 1955 pp. 72?73
- ^
Ruckstull, Frederic Wellington (16 December 1897).
"General John Frederic Hartranft"
– via siris-artinventories.si.edu Library Catalog.
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