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This article presents information on the statue of statesman Abraham Lincoln in Union Square, U.S. The statue of Lincoln in Union Square, freed from its wrapper of planks, appears united to its pedestal. A general objection to the statue itself, expressed when it alone could be seen, was rather a pleasant thing to notice. A dozen years ago, a better or worse work of art would have troubled fewer people. There is, naturally enough, a toleration of statues in the open air. A mass of metal and stone must needs exert itself somewhat, through art, to be offensive under the genial influences of light and atmosphere. There is no doubt that, separately, the statue was called a failure; and in its seeming to be a simulacrurn of Lincoln, even to his clothing, realism appeared to be at fault. |
