Statue of William Jennings Bryan

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Statue of William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan sculpture.jpg
The sculpture in the National Statuary Hall Collection
ArtistRudolph Evans
Year1937 (1937)
MediumBronze sculpture
SubjectWilliam Jennings Bryan
LocationWashington, D.C. (1937–2019), Seward, Nebraska (2019–present), United States

William Jennings Bryan is a bronze sculpture depicting the American politician of the same name by Rudulph Evans, which was installed in the United States Capitol's National Statuary Hall, in Washington, D.C., as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection. The statue was gifted by the U.S. state of Nebraska in 1937.[1]

In 2019, a statue of Standing Bear replaced the statue of Bryan in the Statuary Hall.[2][3] The Bryan statue was relocated to the Nebraska National Guard Museum in Seward, Nebraska.[4]

See also[]

  • 1937 in art

References[]

  1. ^ "William Jennings Bryan". Architect of the Capitol. Archived from the original on April 4, 2019. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  2. ^ Brockell, Gillian (September 20, 2019). "The civil rights leader 'almost nobody knows about' gets a statue in the U.S. Capitol". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 25, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  3. ^ "Standing Bear Statue in U.S. Capitol for Nebraska". Architect of the Capitol. Archived from the original on December 12, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  4. ^ Crawford, Lisa (October 18, 2019). "Statue finds new home in Nebraska National Guard Museum". US Army. Archived from the original on December 25, 2019. Retrieved June 7, 2020.

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