Roger Williams (Simmons)

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Roger Williams
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Artist Franklin Simmons
Medium Marble sculpture
Subject Roger Williams

Roger Williams is an 1872 marble sculpture of Roger Williams by Franklin Simmons, installed in the United States Capitol, in Washington, D.C., as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection. It is one of two statues donated by the state of Rhode Island. [1] The sculpture was unveiled by Senator William Sprague of Rhode Island on January 9, 1872. [2]

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Simmons received the commission to execute the statue in 1868 and moved to Rome to produce the work. After setting up his studio there and working on the statue for two years Simmons decided to remain in Italy. [3] Lorado Taft in his The History of American Sculpture describes the statue as "a credible work, which may well have ranked for years among the best in that collection". [4]

The statue is one of three that Simmons has placed in the collection, [5] the others being William King , from Maine and Francis Harrison Pierpont from West Virginia.

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References

  1. Architect of the Capitol Under the Direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, Compilation of Works of Art and Other Objects in the United States Capitol, United States Government Printing Office, Washington 1965 p. 212
  2. Murdock, Myrtle Chaney, National Statuary Hall in the Nation’s Capitol, Monumental Press, Inc., Washington, D.C., 1955 pp. 70–71
  3. Taft, Lorado, History of American Sculpture, The MacMillan Company, New York, 1903, revised with new matter, 1925, p 248
  4. Taft 1925, p. 248.
  5. Viles, Philip H., National Statuary Hall: Guidebook for a Walking Tour, Published by Philip H. Viles, Tulsa, OK, 1997 p. 114