Commissioned from the celebrated American sculptor August Saint-Gaudens in the early 1880s and dedicated as a monument in 1897, the Shaw Memorial has been acclaimed as the greatest American sculpture of the nineteenth century. The wall sculpture masterly depicts Colonel Robert Shaw and the first African-American infantry unit from the North to fight for the Union during the Civil War. The memorial is on a ten-year loan to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, where it was photographed.
very nice capture of the “indoor” Gaudens. In the thumbnail I was seeing in my feed , I figured you had caught the original on Boston Common across from the Statehouse at the perfect point of sunset to get the golden hue yo’ve gotten here.
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Gorgeous….love your POV
A belated thank you, Mary-Ann!
– Cora Wandel
What an amazing piece! Well captured.
Thank you Dave!
– Cora Wandel
Beautiful!!!
very nice capture of the “indoor” Gaudens. In the thumbnail I was seeing in my feed , I figured you had caught the original on Boston Common across from the Statehouse at the perfect point of sunset to get the golden hue yo’ve gotten here.
Thank you for your comment!
– Cora Wandel
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Dave, thank you very much for this feature!
– Cora Wandel