Daniel Chester French: References & Edit History
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Margaret French Cresson, Journey into Fame: The Life of Daniel Chester French (1947), is an early biography by his sculptor daughter. Michael Richman, Daniel Chester French: An American Sculptor (1976), is an exhibition catalog. Ernest Goldstein, The Statue Abraham Lincoln: A Masterpiece by Daniel Chester French (1997), discusses French’s best-known work, situated in the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Anniversary information added. | Apr 16, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Oct 03, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 04, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Smithsonian American Art Museum - Daniel Chester French. | Apr 18, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: American's Story from America's Library - Biography of Daniel Chester French. | Nov 18, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Art Encyclopedia - Biography of Daniel Chester French. | Nov 18, 2019 | ||
| Biographical information expanded. | Feb 13, 2015 | ||
| Image of Lincoln Memorial replaced and image of The Minute Man added. | Feb 13, 2015 | ||
| New bibliography added. | Feb 13, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Biography of Daniel Chester French. | Mar 03, 2013 | ||
| Media added. | Sep 16, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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