Admiral Farragut Monument - U. S. National Park Service Unveiled in New York City’s Madison Square Park in 1881, the statue depicts Admiral David Glasgow Farragut (1801-1870) looking resolutely ahead The Civil War commander stands in full naval uniform with feet apart
Stick to the Flag: Saint-Gaudens’ Farragut Monument Saint-Gaudens’ memorial of Admiral David Farragut was unveiled in New York City’s Madison Square Park in 1881 This monument put into bronze the life and legacy of one the greatest naval war heroes of the Civil War as well as led to Saint-Gaudens’ rapid rise to fame
Statue of David Farragut (New York City) - Wikipedia Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, also known as the Admiral Farragut Monument, is an outdoor bronze statue of David Farragut by Augustus Saint-Gaudens on a stone sculptural exedra designed by the architect Stanford White, installed in Manhattan 's Madison Square, in the U S state of New York
Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Monument - Madison Square Park . . . Originally unveiled in 1881, this monument was created as a collaboration between architect Stanford White and sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens It is considered a fine example of American art of the period Admiral Farragut was a Union hero of the American Civil War
Madison Square Park Monuments - Admiral David Glasgow . . . The Farragut Monument was dedicated in 1881 and was Saint-Gaudens’ first public commission It depicts the resolute Admiral Farragut in full naval uniform, standing erect with binoculars in hand and sword at his side, as if engaged in commanding a fleet
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park | FARRAGUT MEMORIAL That chance came in 1876 when the New York Farragut Association, a group of wealthy New York bankers, commissioned Saint-Gaudens to create a public memorial for David Glasgow Farragut, an admiral in the United States Navy during the Civil War
Augustus Saint-Gaudens - Wikipedia In 1876, Saint-Gaudens received his first major commission: a monument to Civil War Admiral David Farragut, in New York's Madison Square; his friend Stanford White designed an architectural setting for it, and when it was unveiled in 1881, its naturalism, its lack of bombast and its siting combined to make it a tremendous success, and Saint