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Also Known As Mary Edmonia Lewis
Born c.July 4, 1844 • New York
Died September 17, 1907 • London • United Kingdom
Notable Works “Adoration of the Magi”

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Hiram Powers
American sculptor
Manship, Paul
Paul Manship
American sculptor
Augusta Savage: Realization
Augusta Savage
American sculptor and educator
Auguste Rodin
Auguste Rodin
French sculptor
Andrea del Verrocchio: David
Andrea del Verrocchio
Italian painter and sculptor
Algardi, Alessandro: Tomb of Pope Leo XI
Alessandro Algardi
Italian sculptor
Jean-Antoine Houdon: Diana
Jean-Antoine Houdon
French sculptor
Desiderio da Settignano: A Little Boy
Desiderio da Settignano
Italian sculptor
Germain Pilon
French sculptor
Stringcourses on the facade of the Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, begun by Benedetto da Maiano, 1489, and continued by Il Cronaca.
Benedetto da Maiano
Italian sculptor
Psyche Abandoned, marble sculpture by Augustin Pajou, 1791.
Augustin Pajou
French sculptor
“Monument of Lady Elizabeth Nightingale,” white and black marble sculpture by Louis-François Roubiliac, 1761; in the Chapel of St. Nicholas, Westminster Abbey, London
Louis-François Roubiliac
French sculptor
Guillaume Coustou
French sculptor
James Earle Fraser
American sculptor
Gutzon Borglum.
Gutzon Borglum
American sculptor
Ream, Vinnie
Vinnie Ream
American sculptor
Ney, Elisabet: sculpture of Stephen F. Austin
Elisabet Ney
American sculptor
Epstein, Sir Jacob
Sir Jacob Epstein
British sculptor
Daniel Chester French, c. 1915
Daniel Chester French
American sculptor
Anne Whitney's sculpture of Charles Sumner
Anne Whitney
American sculptor

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