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gold piece, also known as the Standing Lincoln. It appears that
Double Eagle. Many experts our statue could not have come to
believe it is the most beautiful the school before that and must
U.S. coin ever minted. Coin have arrived later. Over the years
collectors yearn for these coins. the school has issued student
The last one publicly sold brought handbooks from time to time.
a price of $7,590,020!!! The handbook of 1932 is a
treasury of information about art
Saint- Gaudens had already works given to the school up to
achieved great recognition by the that year. The donor classes are
time he received the commission named by their graduation year.
for the Lincoln statue. He had Each art work is named and
already created sculptures of a described briefly. Our Winged
number of other Civil War figures. Victory is the second item on the
He had seen Lincoln closely at the list. She is described as a cast of
first inauguration and then at his the original statue. The first
lying-in-state after his death. He mention of a Lincoln work is a
studied plaster casts if Lincoln's bronze bust given by the Class of
face and hands made by artist 1897. Our Lincoln is not a bust!
Leonard W. Volk. The final work All the rest of him is very much
of art stands over twelve feet tall there! The only other Lincoln
and is made of bronze. It work on the list was given by the
appears that the President has Class of June 1916. It is
risen to his feet to make a speech. described as a cast, just as the
Behind him is the chair of state, a Winged Victory is. I believe this is
work designed by the architect when Lincoln came to GHS.
Stanford White. The statue was
dedicated in Lincoln Park in By 1990, our statues had
Chicago on October 22, 1887. reached the status of senior
Some 10,000 visitors were in citizens and were showing signs of
attendance. Abraham Lincoln II, age and were badly in need of
the late President's only living conservation. For instance, the
grandchild, unveiled the statue. original Saint-Gaudens Standing
Replicas of the Standing Lincoln Lincoln was cast in bronze. Our
are at Lincoln's Tomb in Lincoln was a plaster cast with a
Springfield, Illinois, in Mexico City coat of bronze colored paint. His
and in Parliament Square in outer clothing had begun to chip
London. very noticeably and his underwear
was showing through. The
When did our Lincoln come to Winged Victory was also showing
Girls High? Chicago gave Lincoln the ominous signs of age. The
Park Landmark Status in 1910. In June 1990 Alumnae News
that same year, Saint- Gaudens' covered the story of their renewal.
widow gave permission to produce Money was needed to pay for the
the first smaller replicas of the
