Dublin Core
Title
Statue of Richard J. Oglesby (Lincoln Park, Illinois)
Description
Dedicated in 1919, this statue honors Civil War general and former governor Richard Oglesby. Located in Lincoln (Abraham) Park, the ten-foot monument consists of a bronze statue on a granite pedestal. Despite serving in the 8th Illinois Infantry Regiment and being appointed Major General by President Lincoln, artist Leonard Crunelle chose to portray Oglesby in a humanist manner. The decision to honor his political achievements over his military service may stem from the statue's funders, John Barton Payne, J.S. Runnels, John W. Bunn, L.C. LaForce, and Martin B. Bailey, who were five prominent Chicagoans and politicians. Following a wave of graffiti and monument defacement in the 1990s, the monument became a focal point for debates about monument preservation and appreciation.
Source
american
Contributor
cmm43@st-andrews.ac.uk
Type
Site
Identifier
2047
Date Issued
1919-11-21
Extent
0m x 0m x 3.0480000000000005m
Spatial Coverage
current,41.930127,-87.637106;
Rights Holder
Leonard Crunelle
Europeana
Country
United States of America
Europeana Data Provider
Statue of Richard J. Oglesby
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Statue_of_Richard_J._Oglesby
Monument Type
Statue - high ranking official
Erected by
Illinois legislature
Funded by
John Barton Payne, J.S. Runnels, John W. Bunn, L.C. LaForce, and Martin B. Bailey (five prominent Chicagoans)
Run by
Chicago Park District
Material
Bronze statue, granite pedestal
Inscription
Richard Oglesby
Cost
$25,000 of 1919 money
State
Illinois
County
Cook County
Affiliation
Union
City
Lincoln Park