Statue of Crawford Long
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| Artist | J. Massey Rhind |
| Year | 1926 |
| Medium | Marble sculpture |
| Subject | Crawford Long |
| Location | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Crawford Long is a 1926 marble sculpture depicting the American surgeon and pharmacist of the same name by J. Massey Rhind, 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 U.S. state of Georgia.[1]
The work was unveiled on unveiled March 30, 1926.[2]
As befitted the subject, Rhind had the statue carved from Georgia marble[3] by Georgia sculptor James K Watt.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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. 211
- ^ Murdock, Myrtle Chaney, National Statuary Hall in the Nation’s Capitol, Monumental Press, Inc., Washington, D.C., 1955 pp. 26–27
- ^ "Structures and Monuments in Which Georgia Stone was Used". quarriesandbeyond.org.
- ^ Boland, Frank Kells (1 April 2009). The First Anesthetic: The Story of Crawford Long. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820334363 – via Google Books.
External links
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Media related to Crawford Long by J. Massey Rhind at Wikimedia Commons
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