Admiral David Farragut (statue)

  • Type: Sculpture

  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Object


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Y/M/D Association Description Place Locale Food Event
1877/00/00 Augustus Saint-Gaudens Sculptor Saint-Gaudens receives his first great public commission in 1877. A statute of Admiral David Farragut, famed for exclaiming, while lashed to the mast, "Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead!"
1880/00/00 The "Admiral David Farragut" statue by Augustus Saint-Gaudens is cast in bronze by Adolphe Gruet.
1881/05/30 Augustus Saint-Gaudens Sculptor Saint-Gaudens' statue of Admiral David Farragut is unveiled on Memorial Day 1881 in New York's Madison Square. It wins Saint-Gaudens instant fame for its naturalistic depiction of the admiral standing as if on deck. Madison Square Park New York City

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Particulars for Admiral David Farragut (statue):
Material Bronze
Sight Category Object
Attribute Outdoor
Art Type Sculpture
Historic Use Work of Art



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