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Statue of Henry Mower Rice

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Henry Mower Rice
ArtistFrederick Triebel
MediumMarble sculpture
SubjectHenry Mower Rice
LocationWashington, D.C., United States

Henry Mower Rice is a marble sculpture of Henry Mower Rice created by Frederick Triebel and placed in the National Statuary Hall Collection in the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., one of the two statues there from the State of Minnesota. It was dedicated in 1916.[1] The work cost $7,500[2] and was unveiled in Washington on February 8, 1916.[3]

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  1. ^ 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. 212
  2. ^ Cooley, Adelaide N. ‘’The Monument Maker: A Biography of Frederick Ernest Triebel, The rediscovery of a forgotten American sculptor’’ Exposition Press, Hicksville NY, 1978 pp. 19–20
  3. ^ Murdock, Myrtle Chaney, National Statuary Hall in the Nation’s Capitol, Monumental Press, Inc., Washington, D.C., 1955 pp. 28–29
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