Abraham Lincoln: The Man

[1] At the time, the New York Evening Post called it "the most important achievement American sculpture has yet produced".

[2] While planning and working on the Standing Lincoln, Saint-Gaudens was first enticed to what would become his home and studio, and an associated artist's colony.

[6] The sculpture's "combination of a natural-looking Lincoln ... with a Classical-style architectural setting" influenced a generation of sculptors.

[4] The monument was also a favorite of Hull House founder Jane Addams, who once wrote, "I walked the wearisome way from Hull-House to Lincoln Park ... in order to look at and gain magnanimous counsel from the statue.

[2][8][9][10] From 1910 onwards, Saint-Gaudens' widow, Augusta, oversaw the casting of a number of smaller replicas of the statue, reduced to slightly under one-third the size of the original.