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Collection Reference Number GLC01802.02
From Archive Folder Letters to Senator John Sherman concerning the execution of a bust of Sherman and his desire to also sculpt General William T. Sherman 
Title Daniel C French to John Sherman regarding the cast of J Sherman's bust
Date 24 August 1886
Author French, Daniel C. (1850-1931)  
Recipient Sherman, John  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Asks where he should send the cast of John Sherman's bust. States that the plaster casting is not as good as he hoped but that the marble finished copy will come out fine. Mentions John Sherman's wish to have him sculpt a bust of General William T. Sherman. States that he hopes to spend the winter in Paris and wonders if General Sherman can sit for him before he leaves. Expresses his pleasure about being asked to do a bust of General Sherman, "I should consider it a great privilege to be permitted to make a bust of him and am prepared to make a good many concessions to accomplish it."
Subjects Union General  Art, Music, Theater, and Film  
People French, Daniel Chester (1850-1931)  Sherman, John (1823-1900)  Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891)  
Place written Concord, Massachusetts
Theme Arts & Literature; Government & Politics
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Additional Information French was an American sculptor whose works primarily depicted eminent Americans and symbolic figures. Sherman was an important Republican leader and a United States Senator from Ohio 1861-1877. He also served as Secretary of the Treasury and later as Secretary of State.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945