No. 292 · Cast in Bronze & Marble
Model for the Statue of Freedom, 1860
Sculpted by Thomas Crawford. Cast by Philip Reid.
From $34
Sculptor
Thomas Crawford
died 1857
Sculptor of the Statue of Freedom. The Architect of the Capitol writes that Crawford, born in New York City, kept a studio in Rome and died in 1857, before his plaster model left that studio. Clark Mills cast the bronze in Washington. Philip Reid, an enslaved artisan in Mills's foundry, worked on the cast. The bronze figure is dated 1863.
Two photographs of one statue. Thomas Crawford sculpted the Statue of Freedom. The Architect of the Capitol writes that he was born in New York City, kept a studio in Rome, and died in 1857, before the plaster model left that studio. The Library of Congress carte de visite of about 1860 shows the plaster in National Statuary Hall. Philip Reid, an enslaved artisan, cast it in bronze in a foundry run by Clark Mills. The second print is Carol M. Highsmith’s photograph of the bronze on the Capitol dome, dated by the Library between 1980 and 2006. The Architect of the Capitol dates that bronze 1863 and gives its height as 19 feet 6 inches. Both Library records state there are no known restrictions on publication. The plaster photograph is a 12 × 20 paper poster at $34, with no rolled canvas. The dome photograph starts at $29 on paper and includes rolled canvas. Framed prints start at $149. Free US shipping on framed, canvas, metal, vinyl and posters $44 and up. Our smallest $29 and $34 posters ship for $9.95.
