''Julius Sterling Morton'', also known as ''J. Sterling Morton'', is a 1937
bronze sculpture of
Julius Sterling Morton
Julius Sterling Morton (April 22, 1832 – April 27, 1902) was a Nebraska newspaper editor and politician who served as President Grover Cleveland's Secretary of Agriculture. He was a prominent Bourbon Democrat, taking a conservative position o ...
by
Rudulph Evans, installed in the
United States Capitol Visitor Center, in
Washington, D.C., as part of the
National Statuary Hall Collection.
It is one of two statues donated by the state of
Nebraska. The sculpture was accepted into the collection by Congressman
Karl Stefan of Nebraska on April 27, 1937.
The statue is one of two that Evans has placed in the collection, the other being ''
William Jennings Bryan'', also from Nebraska.
On March 1, 2019, it was announced the state of Nebraska will replace the statue with one of the author
Willa Cather. The Morton statue arrived at the Morton James Public Library in Nebraska City, Nebraska on August 16, 2023.
See also
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1937 in art
Events from the year 1937 in art.
Events
* January 9 – Leon Trotsky begins exile in Mexico with his wife Natalia Sedova; they share The Blue House in Coyoacán with painters Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera and Trotsky has an affair with Frida ...
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1937 establishments in Washington, D.C.
1937 sculptures
Bronze sculptures in Washington, D.C.
Monuments and memorials in Washington, D.C.
Morton, Julius Sterling
Sculptures of men in Washington, D.C.
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