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Reference book:
'Washington Sculpture'
by James M. Goode

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Library of Congress Jefferson Bldg: Eminent Men of Letters (ca.1895) in Washington, D.C.
by Herbert Adams, F Wellington Ruckstuhl, J Scott Hartley, Edward Pierce Casey, J L Smithmeyer, Paul J Pelz (click name for more of that artist's work)
located in James M. Goode's Capitol Hill area (click link for more in that area)

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Demosthenes

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Washington Irving

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Benjamin Franklin

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Thomas Babbington Macaulay

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Sir Walter Scott

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Dante Alighieri

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Irving, Franklin & Macauley in the background with one of the friendliest scholars anywhere, Irvin Leigh Matus. Check out his website WillyShakes.com and some of his writing:


Best wishes Irv. Meeting & chatting w/ you was the highlight of an already fabulous day! Give my best to the muskrats ;o)

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More Info
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James M. Goode's
'Washington Sculpture' (hardcover p 43 Item #1.27; Capitol Hill area);
'Outdoor Sculpture' (paperback p75 Item #A-26)

Medium: Granite
Artist: Herbert Adams, F Wellington Ruckstuhl, J Scott Hartley, Edward Pierce Casey, J L Smithmeyer, Paul J Pelz (click name for more of that artist's work)
Related subjects: History, General; Writers, Scholars, Inventors, Educators, Artists; Dante Marbury Alighieri
Location: Independence Ave & 1st St SE Washington, D.C. Library of Congress
See Capitol Hill area in James Goode's Washington Sculpture
Nearest Metro: Capitol South (Orange - Blue) (click station name for all pieces nearby)
Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 76004804 also control # 74930029 74930030 08480001 08480002 08480003 08480004 76006297 76007718 (dcMem ID #196 )

Links & other sources
Wikipedia article on Franklin
Wikipedia article on Dante
Library of Congress website (Heads, Men etc)
Wikipedia article on Demosthenes
Wikipedia article on Emerson
Wikipedia article on Irving
Wikipedia article on Macaulay
Wikipedia article on Hawthorne
Wikipedia article on Sir Walter Scott

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