RARE Vtg GORHAM Abraham Lincoln BRONZE, STATUE 8.5”w/ Emancipation Proclamation

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RARE VINTAGE GORHAM Abraham Lincoln BRONZE,FULL FIGURE STATUE 8.5”. Condition is "Used".
George Bissell modeled this statuette of Abraham Lincoln after the Lincoln statue standing atop the Scottish American Soldier’s Monument in Old Calton Burial Ground, Edinburgh, Scotland. The monument was dedicated in 1893 and later replicated at Clermont, Iowa, c1903.
Lincoln is shown holding the Emancipation Proclamation in his right hand. The statuette’s large size allowed Bissell to incise that title and Lincoln’s name on the “paper.” It displays well the sculptor’s knack for presenting his subjects in a compelling yet delicately accomplished manner.
Three desktop versions of this full-figure Lincoln were subsequently produced by Bissell at the famous Gorham Company foundry of New York
This is the 8.5” copy
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