Statue of James Shields (U.S. Capitol)

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Statue by Leonard Volk

James Shields
Artist	Leonard Volk
Medium	Bronze sculpture
Subject	James Shields

James Shields is an 1893 bronze sculpture of James Shields by Leonard Volk, installed in the United States Capitol, in Washington, D.C., as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection. It is one of two statues donated by the state of Illinois. The sculpture was unveiled by Senator Shelby Moore Cullom of Illinois on December 6, 1893.

See also

• 1893 in art

References

1. ^ Architect of the Capitol Under the Direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, Compilation of Works of Art and Other Objects in the United States Capitol, United States Government Printing Office, Washington 1965 p. 212
2. ^ Murdock, Myrtle Chaney, National Statuary Hall in the Nation’s Capitol, Monumental Press, Inc., Washington, D.C., 1955 pp. 30–31

External links

• Media related to James Shields in the National Statuary Hall Collection at Wikimedia Commons

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