Bryant Park

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William Cullen Bryant

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Sculptor: Herbert Adams
Architect: Thomas Hastings, Carrere and Hastings
Description: Seated figure (over life-size) with intrgral plinth on a pedestal under an archiform canopy, with a large urn and a balustrade at either side
Materials: Bronze, marble
Dimensions: Figure H: 6' W: 3'6"; Canopy H: 30'
Cast: 1911
Dedicated: October 24, 1911
Foundry: Gorham Company
Donor: Century Association
Inscription: WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT / 1794-1878 / YET LET NO EMPTY GUST / OF PASSION FIND AN UTTERANCE IN THY LAY / A BLAST THAT WHIRLS THE DUST / ALONG THE HOWLING STREET AND DIES AWAY / BUT FEELINGS OF CALM POWER AND MIGHTY SWEEP, / LIKE CURRENTS JOURNEYING THROUGH THE / WINDLESS DEEP.

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