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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