Design of Bronze Monument Commemorative of American Independence 1873 south dakota print Washington and Lincoln

Washington and Lincoln

The portrait carries the strange double weight of a First Lady at her zenith and a widow not yet aware she is one

The Coopers Blueprint Patent Vessel No 6113 reads like a love letter to the still — gauges

It is the firmament rendered as both cathedral and calculation

The draftsman traces a spine of stone built to outlast the sea — every tread a vertebra

Design of Bronze Monument Commemorative of American Independence 1873 south dakota print Washington and LincolnDesign of Bronze Monument Commemorative of American Independence 1873 a draftsman's proposal rendered in the civic vocabulary of the post war republic, when bronze and allegory were called upon to do the work of healing. The centennial loomed, and the country answered in pedestals. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies, and