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Horace Greeley (Doyle)

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Type
  
Sculpture

Artist
  
Alexander Doyle

Subject
  
Horace Greeley

Medium
  
Bronze

Created
  
1894

Year
  
1894

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Location
  
Manhattan, New York, United States

Horace Greeley, also known as the Greeley Memorial, is an outdoor bronze sculpture of Horace Greeley by Alexander Doyle, located in Greeley Square Park in Manhattan, New York. The statue, cast in 1892 and dedicated on May 30, 1894, sits atop a Quincy granite pedestal. It contains the following inscription:

THIS STATUE OF THE FIRST PRESIDENT /
NEW YORK TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION NO. 6 /
WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK BY /
HORACE GREELY POST NO. 577 G.A.R. /
NEW YORK TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION NO. 6 AND /
BROOKLYN TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION NO. 98 /
GIVEN TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN 1890

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