Daniel Chester French

Daniel Chester French (April 20, 1850 – October 7, 1931) was an American sculptor. He was a neighbor and friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson, and the Alcott family. His decision to pursue sculpting was influenced by Louisa May Alcott's sister May Alcott.

Architectural Sculpture

• "America at War and Peace," US Customs House & Post Office, St. Louis Missouri, Alfred B Mullett architect (1876-1882)
• Pediment, New Hampshire Historic Society Building, Concord New Hampshire, architect (c. 1900)
• Bronze doors, Boston Public Library, Boston Massachusetts, McKim, Mead & White architects, (1884-1904)
• Quadriga, Six statues on entablature, Minnesota State Capitol, St. Paul Minnesota, Cass Gilbert architect (1896-1901)
• "Justice, Power, & Study," US Appellate Court House, NYC, James Lord architect (1900)
• "Four Continents," New York Customs Building, NYC, Cass Gilbert architect, (1904)
• "Jurisprudence" & "Commerce," Federal Building, Cleveland Ohio, Arnold Brunner architect (1910)
• Two Attic figures, "John Hampden," & "Edward I " Cuyahoga County Building, Cleveland, Ohio, Lehman & Schmidt architects (1908, 1911)
• Attic Figures, Pediment, Brooklyn Museum NYC, McKim, Mead & White architects (1912)
• "Wisconsin", figure top of dome, Wisconsin State Capitol, Madison Wisconsin, George Post architect (1914)
• "Abraham Lincoln," Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC, Henry Bacon architect (1923)

Kvaran, Einar Einarsson, Architectural Sculpture of America

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