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Collection Reference Number GLC01802.01
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 his price for a marble bust sculpture
Date 12 May 1886
Author French, Daniel C. (1850-1931)  
Recipient Sherman, John  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Indicates that his price for a marble bust sculpture is $1000. Informs that he will be in Washington D.C. soon to finish a bust of Vice President Henry Wilson and can stay to begin Sherman's if he so desires. Gives his preferred timing and scheduling for sittings. Thanks him for commissioning the bust and complimenting his skill.
Subjects Politics  Vice President  Art, Music, Theater, and Film  Finance  
People French, Daniel Chester (1850-1931)  Sherman, John (1823-1900)  
Place written Boston, 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. Wilson was Vice President 1873-1875 under Ulysses S. Grant.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945