Sculptor. Born Dublin to a French father and Irish mother. The family emigrated to New York when Augustus was a baby. Studied in America and Europe. Very successful as a monumental sculptor and for his numismatic work (coins). Died at his home in Cornish, New Hampshire where there is now the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site.
Valley News reports that a 6th version of the Lincoln statue is to be erected at Cornish in June 2016.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Copy of the statue in Lincoln Park, Chicago (other copies being in Mexico Cit...
Born in Carrara, Italy. Active in England from about 1860.
A parliamentary fort erected to defend London during the Civil War. The picture source website is fascinating but strangely we can't actually locate Stones End on the maps there. There used to be ...
Environmental group. Founded in the 1970s with the objectives to improve the local environment, protect the green belt, eliminate street clutter and protect wildlife.
St Olave Hart Street (only a short walk from this Hall) was badly damaged in WW2 so in 1948 a pre-fabricated church was constructed here, using the tower of All Hallows Staining as its chancel. Th...
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