John Frazee

[1][2][3] The Smithsonian has a collection of many of his sculptures as well as paintings of Frazee by other artists including Asher B. Durand and Henry Colton Shumway.

[5] He is best known for his portrait busts, including of John Jay and Marquis De Lafayette.

He carved sculptures for the Boston Athenaeum including of Chief Justice John Marshall and Daniel Webster.

[6] He also received a commission to design the New York Customs House, later used as Federal Hall National Memorial.

[6] The sculptor Thomas Crawford began his career as a marble carver in Frazee's studio in New York City.

Designed by Frazee as New York Customs House , the building was converted into Federal Hall National Memorial .
Self-portrait by Frazee, 1827